Lakshya Sen will take on Kidambi Srikanth in an all-Indian second round clash.
The world number nine will play Hong Kong's fifth seed Angus Ng Ka Long in the last eight stage.
Struggling Indian shuttler PV Sindhu lost to her old nemesis Carolina Marin of Spain in three games in an ill-tempered semifinal of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, which saw both players receive yellow cards for verbal exchanges, in Odense on Saturday.
'We have also been incredibly clear to Hizbollah and any other malign actors that they should not use this opportunity to widen this conflict. And when we're talking about a humanitarian pause, what we are talking about is conditions that simultaneously ensure that Hamas is not in a position in which it can regroup, restrengthen itself'
Rohan Bopanna revealed that he will bring curtains down on his Davis Cup career when the country hosts Morocco in September
Kiran George wins Indonesia Masters to grab second super 100 title
'Until April 2024, we have the qualification period so until that we might push for more tournaments but the plan is to pick and choose after you qualify and then gradually peaking before the Olympics.'
A round-up of Friday's action in the UEFA Nations League.
For the first time since 2004, neither Novak Djokovic nor the injured Rafael Nadal will be in the Rome final.
Delhi Crime, Rocket Boys and Vir Das: Landing won Shefali Shah, Jim Sarbh and Vir Das Emmy nominations.
Germany's bid to win a record ninth European Championship got off to an emphatic start as they beat Denmark 4-0 in their Group B opener on Friday.
Take a look at the five top contenders for the men's singles title at the French Open:
India claimed the team dressage gold in equestrian sport at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday, breaking a 41-year-old jinx at the continental event.
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, however, suffered a 21-23, 21-13, 12-21 loss against Korean pair of Song hyun Cho and Lee Jung Hyun in their mixed doubles opening round.
Factbox on Carlos Alcaraz, who beat seven-time champion Novak Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz swatted aside Serbian Dusan Lajovic as Canadian Bianca Andreescu cruised past American Sofia Kenin in straight sets at Miami Open.
"Let's wait for the result of the match and we will see later. We are people who bear responsibility and hopefully I will be able to answer your question after the match." said Kadri.
Cristiano Ronaldo tucked away a penalty and slammed home a free kick as he set a new record for the most international caps
Glimpses from Sunday's Nations League matches.
India on Wednesday reported 21 cases of the JN.1 Covid variant, a development that is neither surprising nor particularly worrying, scientists said while allaying fears but also advising adherence to existing precautionary measures.
Indian shuttler Kiran George says his giant-killing act at the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament earlier this year gave him the self-belief, which proved to be the key en route his second BWF title at the Indonesia Masters.
IMAGES from the Euro 2020 round of 16 match against Wales and Denmark played at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam on Saturday.
World champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn crashed out of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament
Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins.
None of the other three quarters boast of such a strong star cast but there would be a few mouth-watering opening round clashes to look forward to.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Berlin on Monday on the first leg of his three-nation Europe trip during which he will hold detailed bilateral discussions with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and co-chair the India-Germany inter-governmental consultations.
India had a mixed day at the Madrid Spain Masters with PV Sindhu marching into the semis and Kidambi Srikanth's campaign coming to an end.
This year's US Open runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
Sindhu reminisces about life-changing past seven years, her maiden Olympic medal ahead of WC
Sumit Nagal made a comeback to the Indian Davis Cup team for the away World Group I tie against Norway while doubles specialist Divij Sharan was dropped after falling behind in the pecking order, on Thursday.
Xuerui retained her title beating Sindhu 21-19, 21-12 in a 47-minute encounter.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who holds the portfolio for MP/MLA cases in the state, took up the cases against senior ministers Thangam Thennarasu and his wife and KKSSR Ramachandran and his spouse and also a friend of the DMK leader.
India opened their account at the ISSF World Cup with the trio of Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita and Shreya Agrawal claiming the gold medal in the 10m air rifle team women competition in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Eriksen scored a brilliant goal as he made a triumphant return to the Parken Stadium
Sindhu is the only Indian to feature in the women's singles competition.
Lakshya Sen upset World No 4 Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the round of 32 match at the Malaysia Masters.
"It wasn't easy to collect these four points, only one of the games we played was not on the expected level and that was when we played versus Australia."
Here is an overview of the teams that have been eliminated
Lucas Hernandez's World Cup campaign is over after the France defender sustained a knee injury in the defending champions' 4-1 win over Australia in Group D on Tuesday.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
