Defending champion Paradon Srichaphan stormed into the last eight as seeds David Ferrer and Anthony Dupuis were upset in the Tata Open.
'Putting match-ups in tennis like Serena Williams and Roger Federer on the same court, it is so brilliant for our sport'
Nagal said he would look to play more ATP Tour events this year but for that he would have to first improve his rankings.
The Indian wild card beat Serbian Ilia Bozolijac in the first round of Hall of Fame Championships.
Prakash Amritraj entered the main draw of the US $416,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island.
Britain's grass season claimed its first ATP tour victims when seeds Julien Benneteau, Lee Hyung-Taik and Fernando Verdasco fell.
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Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea finished second in Ashe/Smith Group after losing to the Italian pair of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolleli in their last group match in the ATP World Tour Finals , at the O2 Arena, in London, on Thursday.
The Indo-Czech pair went down to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the BMW Open.
Petra Kvitova, who missed part of the 2017 season after a home invasion left her with a badly cut left hand, continues her remarkable comeback when she faces American Venus Williams.
Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas showed no signs of fatigue following Friday's marathon battle as he eased past German Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
World No 1 Rafael Nadal is confident that arch-rival Roger Federer will be able to accumulate the points needed over the next few weeks to seal his spot for the season-ending ATP finale in London.
The ITF has made a range of learning resources on its academy platform available for free during the shutdown while the ATP Tour announced an initiative this week that will give fans the chance to bid for sessions with top coaches. Funds raised from the sessions will go to the tour's Coaches Committee to support its members.
The Serbian top seed won a fourth successive title at the All England Club to take his overall Grand Slam tally to 21.
'The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event. I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in Grand Slams or on the tour.'
Bopanna and Aisam, known as 'Indo-Pak Express' will play together since they last competed at the ATP 250 event in Shenzen in 2014.
Djokovic withdraws from Western & Southern Open, to 'turn focus on US Open.'
The player and captain Leander Paes acknowledged miscommunication and resolved to put the issue behind them ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Sweden.
Sweden Davis Cup player Andreas Vinciguera suffered dehydration on Monday
Roger Federer chalked up yet another record when victory over Janko Tipsarevic at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday put him top of the list for match wins at the traditional season-ender. The 17-times Grand Slam champion cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Serbian world number nine, taking his haul of victims in the event to 40, one more than Ivan Lendl.
All players who want a visa to compete in the Australian Open will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, the country's immigration minister said on Wednesday, putting Novak Djokovic's title defence and Grand Slam record bid in doubt.
Murray to practise with Djokovic in Rome before return from injury.
World number one Novak Djokovic blasted past qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
Both the Indian aces fell at the first hurdle in different tournaments on the ATP Tour.
The extended lockdown of tennis will help Andy Murray's return from injury but it will be "a big ask" for him to add to his three Grand Slam titles, according to former British number one Greg Rusedski. Murray underwent hip re-surfacing surgery at the start of 2019 and resumed playing doubles in June before returning to singles action in August.
Lleyton Hewitt twisted his ankle during a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 loss to Marcos Daniel in the first round
Paes and Bhupathi will stand on the opposite sides of the net in the quarter-final of the ATP Tour tennis event in Sydney on Thursday.
Karan Rastogi and Harsh Mankad also bowed out to end the India's challenge in singles.
The top seeds beat the Belgian duo of Christophe Rochus and Tom Van Houdt to progress to the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open.
Karan Rastogi was given the third and final wild card for the singles event of the Chennai Open tennis championship.
Djokovic saved a fifth match point but Thiem finally got the job done when he forced his opponent to float a defensive forehand over the baseline.
18-year-old Andrew Murray battled from a set down to win 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 in the final of the SAP Open.
Ferro, who will be remembered for winning the first official tournament on tennis' return amid the pandemic, will now climb to World No 44 in the WTA rankings on Monday.
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The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Jiri Novak\n\nand Petr Pala of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-2 in the semifinals,\n\naccording to information reaching here.
Harsh Mankad staged a strong recovery after losing the first set to beat up-and-coming Navdeep Singh and enter the quarter-finals in the US $10,000 ITF Futures tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday. Mankad used his experience and Navdeep's restricted movement to clinch the second round match 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 in three hours and 16 minutes.
Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic was awarded the third wildcard at the Chennai Open.
The 19-year old, after beating some top players in the ABN Amro event last week, is hopeful of making it to India's Davis Cup squad next year.
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