'There are a number of unique challenges elite tennis players have to face. The game is gladiatorial in nature with nowhere for players to hide and no team mate or manager to help deflect the pressure.'
IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka lost 6-2, 2-6, 7-10 to Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Earlier, title holder Borna Coric beat American Sebastian Korda 7-6 (5), 6-4, while another home hope Taylor Fritz survived a first-set thriller to beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (14), 6-2.
Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
Neeraj has won gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), besides becoming the Diamond League champion last year.
Carlos Alcaraz's US Open preparations suffered a setback on Friday as the world number one fell to American Tommy Paul
Ons Jabeur stands on the verge of history with a maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon within her grasp but in Czech surprise package Marketa Vondrousova she faces a final opponent who could tear up the script and prolong her wait.
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza notched up contrasting wins along with their respective partners in the men's and women's doubles competitions at the French Open in Paris on Thursday.
Images from the Nations League matches played on Thursday.
IMAGES from the UEFA Nations League matches played on Sunday.
Neeraj Chopra said it was a dream come true to win the World Championships gold medal.
Mirza and Hradecka produced some high quality tennis but lost 4-6, 3-6
The win is the Czech duo's fourth Grand Slam title together
Karen Khachanov reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time on Tuesday after ailing American Sebastian Korda retired while trailing 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0.
Novak Djokovic stayed on course as he entered the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday.
IOC is desperate to avoid the sporting event being torn asunder by the bloody conflict unfolding in Ukraine.
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Wimbledon debutant Eubanks ends Tsitsipas's challenge in fourth round.
India's Akhil Sheoran secured the country's fifth Paris Olympics quota in shooting after winning the bronze medal in men's rifle 3-position competition at the ISSF World Championships in Baku on Sunday.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu showed exemplary grit on her French Open debut to rally to a 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1 victory in the battle of teenagers against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova on Monday.
A disbelieving Magda Linette continued her dream run at the Australian Open on Wednesday with a stunning victory over former world number one Karolina Pliskova to move into the semi-finals.
The Czech Republic squad for Euro 2008 is likely to be chosen from the following players:
On day two of the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Divya TS and Sarabjot Singh bagged gold.
Alcaraz was impressive in his first Grand Slam match since his US Open triumph last year
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Carlos Alcaraz came through a testing third round encounter against Nicolas Jarry.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will begin the season at the Doha Diamond League.
McKeon blasted 109 runs in just 61 balls with the help of five fours and nine sixes.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
A World Championships gold is the only medal missing in Neeraj Chopra's decorated cabinet and the superstar Indian javelin thrower will fancy his chances.
India's singles players yet again failed to cross the qualifying hurdle at the Grand Slam stage as both Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri exited the Wimbledon championships
Patrik Schick's 'out-of-this world' long-range strike sealed their 2-0 win
Saudi Arabia's 2-1 victory over Argentina is rated the biggest shock in World Cup history.
The Taiwanese foreign minister said the time has come for all democratic countries to find ways to deal with China's expansionist agenda and its military muscle flexing, especially in the maritime domain.
World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold.
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
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