Sports Shorts: Nagal kickstarts Bengaluru Open with a bang

Defending champion Nagal beats last year finalist Clarke in 1st round IMAGE: Sumit Nagal defeated last year finalist Jay Clarke. Photograph: Sumit Nagal/Twitter Enduring a dismal season this year,......

Bopanna drops two places to 13th in doubles rankings

Leander Paes, who won a Challenger in Busan partnering Sam Groth, moved up to 54, a gain of three places. IMAGE: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea of Romania during the doubles final......

Nottingham Challenger: Divij, Raja lose final again

A second title of the season eluded Divij Sharan and Purav Raja yet again as they ended runners-up at the Nottingham Challenger after losing the tough summit clash to formidable Thai twin brothers......

Bhupathi-Nestor crash out of Chennai Open doubles

The top seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Canadian Daniel Nestor was ousted from the Chennai Open ATP Tennis tournament after suffering a defeat at the hands of the unseeded Russian-American pair......

Somdev in doubles semis at Singapore Challenger

Asian Games gold medallist, Somdev Devvarman combined with South African Rik De Voest to script a come-from-behind win over Dmitry Tursonov of Russia and Chinese Taipei's Jimmy Wang and advance to......