Bopanna and Zhang Shuai, a two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No 2, advanced after receiving a walkover against Taylor Townsend and Hugo Nys in the second round.
India continued their impressive run in the Kho Kho World Cup 2025, securing a commanding 71-34 victory over Bhutan at the IG Indoor Stadium on Thursday. The win guarantees India's position at the top of Group A and a place in the quarter-finals.
Speaking after the match, India's head coach
India continued their impressive run in the Kho Kho World Cup 2025, securing a commanding 71-34 victory over Bhutan at the IG Indoor Stadium on Thursday. The win guarantees India's position at the top of Group A and a place in the quarter-finals.
Sindhu, playing only her second tournament since the Paris Olympics, hammered Japan's Manami Suizu 21-15, 21-13 while Kiran defeated Frenchman Alex Lanier 22-20, 21-13 in the men's singles second-round clash.
Fresh from their historic 175-18 demolition of South Korea, the Indian women's Kho Kho team secured their quarter-final berth with another commanding performance, overwhelming Iran by 84 points at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The Women in Blue, demonstrating their tournament favourites'
Parth Vats's all-round performance guided Haryana to a 72-run victory over Bengal in the first preliminary quarter-final of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 at the Moti Bagh Stadium in Vadodara on Thursday.
West Bengal and Manipur shrugged off their rivals in contrasting styles to enter the semi-finals of the 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Deccan Arena on Thursday.
The Indian team moved to the quarterfinals of the women's event in the World Squash Team Championships 2024 held in Hong Kong on Wednesday, stunning nine-time champions Australia to make it to the final eight.
Bengal went through to the quarter-finals with a narrow three-run victory over Chandigarh. Apart from Shami's all-round efforts, seamer Sayan Ghosh's four-wicket haul ripped out Chandigarh's batting setup to lift Bengal to victory.
Hockey Haryana, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Association of Odisha, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Mizoram, Delhi Hockey, Hockey Maharashtra and Hockey Madhya Pradesh qualify for the Quarter Final
Day 10 of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai featured intense quarter-final action, with Manipur, Haryana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh advancing to the semi-finals.