The rising stars of Indian tennis showed promise by punching above their weight while the familiar names failed to live up to their billing in the ITF M25 event held last week in Bhubaneswar. Aryan Shah was the best of the lot making the semifinals in Men’s Singles beating the likes of Rishab Agarwal, Sidharth…
Sumit Nagal’s search for an ATP main draw qualification continued as he failed to qualify in the ATP 500 Swiss Indoors and the ATP 1000 Paris Masters. He had last made the main draw of an ATP 500 or above event at Monte Carlo Masters in April this year where he made the second round…
The recently concluded ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour W15 tournament at Mysuru featured all the emerging talents in India. Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Arunkumar Lakshmi Prabha were the bright spots among them along with solid performances from Riya Bhatia & Smriti Bhasin. India’s number 3 ranked player & the top seed, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty lost a close…
Manu Bhaker heads to her second Olympics in Paris as the leading Pistol shooter in the Indian squad. She is set to represent India in the 10m Air Pistol, 25m Pistol, and the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team events for the second Olympics in succession after Tokyo 2020. Manu is the only Indian athlete (in…
In a significant development for Indian tennis, AITA has confirmed seasoned doubles specialist Rohan Bopanna’s partnership with Sriram Balaji for the upcoming Paris Olympics. The pair aims to bring home a medal for India, leveraging Bopanna’s extensive experience and Balaji’s youthful energy. They will be guided by the esteemed coach Balachandran Manikkath, who has a…
Sarabjot Singh & Sift Kaur Samra impress at the Munich Shooting World Cup In the final rifle & pistol world cup before the Paris Olympics involving all the top athletes, India finished joint 3rd with France behind China & Norway with a Gold & Bronze courtesy Sarabjot Singh (Gold, Men’s 10m Air Pistol) & Sift…
India had a disappointing start to the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship in Shotgun currently being held in Doha, Qatar. None of the Indian trap shooters could qualify for the finals and thereby missed out on their final chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics. In the Men’s Trap event, Prithviraj Tondaiman finished 23rd with…
