Prajnesh is now ranked 102 in the men's singles rankings with a jump of seven places while Ankita leapfrogged 35 places to a career-high 168 in the women's singles.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.'
Her first full year on Tour was marred by injury and disappointing finishes and she current sits ranked 75th in the world.
Images from Day 4 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The relentless grind of the professional tennis tour proved too much for Australia's Ashleigh Barty during her teenage years but a break from the game to play cricket appears to be paying some pretty big dividends.
Roger Federer was made to work hard by Fernando Verdasco before beating the Spanish veteran 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Big-serving Isner reaches Montreal second round
The 534th ranked Yuki, who missed out on half the season in 2016 due to a tennis elbow injury, conjured up a 6-1, 6-4 win against his 116th-ranked American opponent.
Under the lights on the stadium court, Williams smashed 39 winners to defeat Azarenka 7-5, 6-3 in a rematch of the 2016 final, which the Belarusian won.
The total prize money on offer at Wimbledon has risen to a record 44.7 million pounds ($56.52 million) for the Championships this year.
Hauling itself up from World Group II should not be a complicated task for India when it takes on an unostentatious Morocco in the home tie, which will be more of a celebration of Rohan Bopanna's Davis Cup career.
The 29-year-old dismissed suggestions that his Australian Open appearance could motivate more players in the world's second-most populous country.
World No 55 Haase improved to a 2-2 career record against Zverev, including victories in their last two meetings.
Konta, Sharapova fall at Rogers Cup in Toronto
Indian paddlers' long wait for a foreign coach has finally come to an end with the Table Tennis Federation of India appointing Poland's Leszek Kucharski for the job on a one-year contract.
The Indian lass recovered after losing the first set to get past the Indonesian in the first round of the ITF tournament.
A round-up of tennis matches played on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
Top seed Keren Shlomo of Israel survived several anxious moments before overcoming Indian qualifier Kyra Shroff and making the second round in the $10,000 CCI ITF women's tennis tournament in Mumbai on Tuesday. Shlomo, who at No 396 is the highest ranked player in the competition, rallied splendidly after the loss of the first set to beat the Mumbai-based Shroff 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Images from Day 6 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
Sumit Nagal brought himself recognition after taking a set off Roger Federer in the opening round match of the US Open, which he eventually lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. However, Haryana lad said he has yet not been approached by any new sponsors.
World Number one Simona Halep and Japan's Naomi Osaka are among the players nominated for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year award.
It all began at the WTA event in Mumbai and a phenomenal Fed Cup, where she remained unbeaten in singles and also beat a top-50 player. The performance brought about a change in perception about her.
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Aryna Sabalenka in the China Open second round on Tuesday while an ailing Jelena Ostapenko lost 6-0, 6-0 to Wang Qiang.
The German is the first lucky loser to reach the final of a Masters 1000 event.
De Minaur, 20, went the entire tournament without facing a break point, and the Australian fittingly clinched victory with a deft serve-and-volley backhand winner.
Sabalenka overpowers Raducanu, Osaka falls
The Scot lost 6-4, 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in his first singles match since January before saying he had turned down a wild card into the men's draw at the year's final Grand Slam.
Psychologists have become a more established presence on the tennis tour, with top players like Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova espousing the benefits.
"You can memorize 1000s of words, but what do you do if you get a word that you don't know?"
They lost their doubles match against Japan, G K Swetha and Ashmita Easwaramurthy going down to Ayumi Morita and Emiko in straight sets. The teams were tied 1-1 after the singles.
Pendulum swings towards tighter measures against transgender athletes
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
Indian table tennis players Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra booked their Olympic tickets by winning their respective groups in the Asian Qualifiers in Hong Kong.
Andy Murray recovered from a slow start to beat Argentine qualifier Juan Ignacio Londero
Zhang Shuai stunned Wimbledon Champion Angelique Kerber 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 in the China Open on Thursday to set up a quarter-final clash with Naomi Osaka.
Nadal, who got a first-round bye, defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 to advance.
India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday, October 2.
World No. 16 Marco Cecchinato will spearhead Italy's challenge, while they also have the experienced world No. 37 Andreas Seppi as they look to continue their good record against India.
Nagal got the Chinese engaged in baseline fight from the beginning and drew the first blood in the very first game of the match.
