Asian Games 2018 News

Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who won a bronze medal in tennis in the ongoing Asian games, is a delighted man now to have decided to play for his country ahead of the US open. The Chennai man went down to Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin 2-6, 2-6 in the semi-final encounter of men’s singles yesterday.

Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan thrashed Kazakhstan pair of Aleksandr Bublik and Denis Yevseyev in the Men's Tennis Doubles on Friday to secure India’s sixth gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. The Indian pair recorded scores of 6-3, 6-4 against their Asian opponents at Palembang.

Leander Paes has decided not to participate in the upcoming Asian Games which will begin on Saturday in Indonesia. Paes cited the reason that he was not paired up with a doubles specialist for the games as he was asked to play doubles matches with either Ramkumar Ramanathan or Sumit Nagal.

Heaping praise on women's tennis aces, Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi, Ankita Bhambri has stated that their success has motivated young girls, who play tennis, to strive for more. Bhambri, coach of the women's team, is also expecting a positive outing at this year's Asian Games in Jakarta.