Indian tennis is set for a busy Wednesday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Sumit Nagal and Dhakshineswar Suresh in men’s singles Round-of-16 action, while both Indian men’s doubles pairs take to the court for important quarterfinals.
Nagal and Suresh advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with wins on Tuesday. Nagal defeated South Korea’s Hong Seong-chan, while Suresh overcame Indonesia’s Gunawan Trismuwantara.
Wednesday’s Indian Tennis Schedule
All timings are approximate and in IST.
8:30 AM onwards
- Men’s Singles R16: Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Chun-Hsin Tseng (Chinese Taipei)
- Men’s Doubles: Anirudh Chandrasekar / N. Sriram Balaji vs Jiang Min-hui / Zhang Tianhui (China)
9:30 AM onwards
- Men’s Singles R16: Sumit Nagal vs Sergey Fomin (Uzbekistan)
11:00 AM onwards
- Men’s Doubles Quarterfinal: Yuki Bhambri / Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Ho Chun-hsin / Hsu Yu-hsiou (Chinese Taipei)
1:00 PM onwards
- Mixed Doubles R16: Yuki Bhambri / Rutuja Bhosale vs Tseng Chun-hsin / Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei)
A Big Opportunity in Doubles
The men’s doubles quarterfinals carry added significance: a victory would guarantee India a medal in the event. Fifth seeds Bhambri and Suresh face a Chinese Taipei pair, while top seeds Chandrasekar and Balaji take on China’s Jiang and Zhang.
Bhambri and Bhosale will also begin their mixed doubles campaign in the Round of 16, adding another important fixture to India’s Wednesday schedule.
With two singles players chasing places in the last eight and both men’s doubles teams one win away from the podium, it promises to be a crucial day for India’s tennis contingent.