The 39-year-old veteran, ranked worldwide 117th and an unseeded player in the tournament, outclassed the third seed and world number 53 Haya Ali of Egypt 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8 to cap off an impressive run at the PSA Challenger event, as per Olympics.com.
Just nine days after his loss to Fritz, which snapped his 13-match unbeaten streak, the world number one dominated Fritz, defeating him 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets, capping an incredible debut at the ATP 500 event and securing his career-best 67th season win, continuing a dream season. With ov
Alcaraz, the world number one, continued his brilliant run with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over the Norwegian star and is on the hunt for his eighth title of the season, with his most recent trophy, the US Open Grand Slam title, sitting fresh inside his cabinet. He also overtook his career-best 65-
Alcarwz ran through Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-4 to make it to the semifinals. Alcaraz has a chance to set a new personal best if he wins over Casper Ruud in the semifinal to be played on Monday.
Alcaraz beat Zizou by 6-4, 6-3 in two straight games to move into the final eight stage of the competition. The Spaniard had twisted his ankle during the campaign opener against Sebastian Baez and needed medical attention, stopping the first-round clash for 20 minutes or so. However, against
Fritz ended Alcaraz's 13-match win streak during the recently concluded Laver Cup, while representing Team World, beating the Spanish superstar who was playing for Team Europe. While the 6-3, 6-2 win in straight games was not at the Grand Slam, it surely means a lot to him.
Alcaraz produced dead silence from the audience when he went down to the court 20 minutes into the match, needing some help with his left ankle, but nonetheless continued to script an easy 6-4, 6-2 win, as per Olympics.com.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty crashed out of the ongoing Japan Open 2025 badminton tournament after losing their pre-quarterfinal encounters on Thursday.
As per Olympics.com, Sindhu was playing her first match since June's Indonesia Open, and the 16th-ranked shuttler went down to the world number 14 in two straight games by 21-15, 21-14. This was her first loss to Sim in their four matches.
India's top men's singles and doubles contenders advanced to the Round-of-16 at the Japan Open 2025, with Lakshya Sen and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty notching straight-game victories in their opening matches on Wednesday.
Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen along with men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be seen in action in the upcoming Japan Open 2025 badminton tournament which will start from Tuesday, July 15.
India's campaign at the Japan Open 2024 badminton tournament ended after Sathish Kumar Karunakaran lost in the round of 16 of the men's singles event in Yokohama on Thursday.