Indian tennis team expresses reluctance to tour Pakistan for Davis Cup

AITA had written to the ITF to shift the venue of the tournament from Pakistan or postpone the tournament for some time.

Sumit Nagal achieves career-best ranking of 129

The 22-year-old Nagal, who has been in good form of late, reaped the benefit of a semi-final finish at the ATP Challenger in Brazil.

In the girls U-18 singles final, sixth seeded Shrivalli Rashmikaa of Telangana silenced No. 5 seed Sandeepti Singh Rao of Haryana 6-0, 6-4.

In the finals, Dedeepya-Sara pair will be up against Sowjanya Bavisetty of Telangana and Rishika Sunkara of Delhi.

Mirza, who is now the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia, said girls needed to be encouraged from young age to take up sports.

Sania remains India's most successful woman tennis player, rising to a career-high world No. 27 in mid-2007 in the WTA singles chart.

The incident occurred during the Challenger Tour match between Pedro Sousa and Enrico Dalla Valle.

Dhakkshneshwar was in fluent form as he toyed with Fahad Mohammed and won 6-2, 6-1.

The 22-year-old won the Buenos Aires Challenger on Sunday night and jumped to a career-best rank of 135.

Ranked 161 in the current rankings, the 22-year-old registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win over Bognis in an hour and 37 minutes.