Tennis

Alexander Zverev had indicated that he would skip the opening of the proceedings in Berlin, which falls in the middle of the two-week French Open.

Ranked four in the world, 44-year-old Rohan Bopanna, being a top-10 player, can pick a player of his choice as per the rules.

Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of the 2023 season, is hoping to compete at the French Open in May where he is the record 14-time champion.

After losing the first set, the Indo-French pair bounced back in the next two sets and defeated Gille and Vliegen, who won the Monte-Carlo Masters last week.

Dominic Thiem claimed his first win on the ATP Tour in 2024 by beating German Maximilian Marterer.

Danielle Collins, number 53 in the world, is the lowest-ranked woman ever to win the tournament, clinching her biggest career title in a two-hour triumph.

The former Wimbledon champion from Kazakhstan, seeded fourth, had been due to open her campaign with a second-round meeting with Argentina's Nadia Podoroska.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli, who once worked as an entertainment park pirate, 6-2, 7-5, to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Buenos Aires ATP tournament.

Elena Rybakina went down the first set before bouncing back to clinch the next two.

Slovak doubles duo Lukas Klein and Igor Zelenay clinched the decisive point with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 win over Nikola Caci and Miomir Kecmanovic to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the tie.

India's Balaji had the better of Khan by 7-5, 6-3 in an hour and 15 minutes after Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Pakistan's veteran Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6-7, 7-6, 6-0.

The 43-year-old Australian Open men's doubles champion the honourable Prime Minister of the Nation ollowing his historic triumph down under and presented the Indian premier with his racquet.

World number two Sabalenka kept her title defence on track by blasting Coco Gauff 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, as Zheng stormed into a debut championship match with a stirring 6-4, 6-4 victory over Dayana Yastremska.

Sumit Nagal is the lone Indian to get direct entry at the ATP Challenger tournament.

Shang overpowered Nagal in four sets of 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the win and move on to the third round.

Pegula had no answers to the 22-year-old, who set up an all-French third-round clash with Oceane Dodin, conqueror of Italy's Martina Trevisan.