Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila, the sixth-seeded Indian mixed doubles pair, secured their spot in the Vietnam Open semifinals after a hard-fought victory over their compatriots, top-seeded Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath. The match went the distance, with Crasto and Kapila coming back from a game down to win in three sets. Meanwhile, in the men’s singles, Tharun Mannepalli fell to Japan’s Shogo Ogawa in the quarterfinals.
Indian shuttlers B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy advanced to the mixed doubles second round at the Hong Kong Open. However, other Indian players, including Priyanshu Rajawat and Kiran George, suffered early defeats in their respective singles matches. Meanwhile, in the Vietnam Open, Indian shuttlers Alap Mishra, Tharun Mannepalli, and Bharat Raghav impressed, progressing to the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals.
Italian duo Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori triumphed in the US Open 2024 mixed doubles final, defeating American pair Taylor Townsend and Donald Young in a hard-fought match. The victory marked Errani’s fifth Grand Slam mixed doubles title and Vavassori’s first, solidifying their partnership.
Indian archers Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the mixed doubles recurve team event at the Paris Paralympics, losing to Slovenia in a nail-biting shoot-off. Despite leading throughout much of the match, a series of crucial errors allowed Slovenia to force a shoot-off, where they ultimately secured victory.
India’s Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila secured a place in the quarterfinals of the Taipei Open in mixed doubles, while the men’s singles players Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Sankar Subramanian suffered second-round defeats.
Veteran Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi were eliminated from the US Open 2024 mixed doubles competition after falling to the American duo of Donald Young and Taylor Townsend in the semifinals. Townsend and Young, who is retiring after the tournament, advanced to the final where they’ll face the No. 3 seeded Italians, Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori.
Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi secured a thrilling victory over Australian Matthew Ebden and Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova, advancing to the semifinals of the US Open 2024 mixed doubles. The eighth-seeded duo showcased their resilience, overcoming a second-set loss to win the tiebreaker in the third set.
India’s top-ranked para-badminton duo, Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan, fell short of securing a gold medal match spot at the Paris Paralympics 2024, losing to the American pair of Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon in a closely contested mixed doubles semifinal. Despite a strong start, the Indians faced a tough challenge in the deciding third set, ultimately ending their gold medal hopes.
Emma Raducanu, former US Open champion, has withdrawn from the Wimbledon mixed doubles competition to focus on her singles campaign. She cited stiffness in her right wrist as the reason for her withdrawal.
