Tennis

The 37-year-old Spaniard was set to make his comeback at the Indian Wells Masters but pulled out of the hard-court event last week without playing a point.

Alcaraz gathered his forces after dropping the opening set against Arnaldi, cutting his unforced error count from 23 in the first set to a mere eight for the remainder of the contest.

The Spanish veteran Nadal will play his first-round match at ATP Indian Wells on Thursday. Alcaraz, who will be seeded in the California desert, will have a first-round bye.

Jannik Sinner defeated Gael Monfils 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to book his place in the quarter-finals at the Rotterdam Open.

Nagal got the better of the player from Hong Kong in a 46 minutes battle that ended 6-2 7-5 in favour of the top ranked Indian star.

In an interview with El Objective de La Sexta, when Nadal was asked about who he believes is the best to ever play the game, the Spaniard answered quite candidly, admitting that Djokovic reigns supreme, especially when it comes to the numbers..

Despite the Spaniard targeting a return to action at Doha, the 22-time Grand Slam winner said he is far more optimistic about playing in Indian Wells, the year's first Masters 1000 event which runs from March 6-17 in the California desert.

Rohan Bopanna remains excited to perform ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024. However, there are other events he is set to take part in in his busy schedule.

Sumit Nagal's 6-1 6-4 win is likely to take him to 98 when the fresh rankings will be issued on Monday.

Despite the DQ, UTS recognised that there was no malice in the intentions of the French player and extended an invitation for Monfils to return to the next edition of the tournament, which was started in 2020 to make tennis more appealing to casual viewer...

The 43-year-old Australian Open doubles champion shared his opinion on the way forward for Indian tennis in an exclusive with CNN-News18 and urged parents of budding sportsmen to remain patient through their journey.

Ramkumar Ramanathan lost the first set but bounced back to emerge a 6-7(3) 7-6(4), 6-0 winner.

More than 36 years have passed since he visited Bengaluru but the former Pakistan Davis Cup captain vividly remembers how Zeeshan Ali's father, the late Akhtar Ali, would take care of the Pakistan players.

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Bopanna was full of gratitude following his 501st tour-level win as he stormed into the third round of the men's doubles event at Australian Open alongside partner Matthew Ebden.

The Indo-Romanian combo went down 3-6 3-6 to Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Mate Pavic of Croatia at the Rod Laver Arena.