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PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz will open his defense of the French Open title against veteran Kei Nishikori and said he's excited to be back in Paris on the back of an excellent clay-court season.
PARIS :World number one Jannik Sinner's Grand Slam return after a doping suspension could be a tough one after the Italian was handed a difficult draw at the French Open on Thursday.
Seasoned Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth entered the quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters after defeating Ireland's Nhat Nguyen in his second-round match but HS Prannoy bowed out with a straight game loss on Thursday. In the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals, the duo of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto beat France's Julien Maio and Lea Palermo 21-17 18-21 21-15. Prannoy, however, suffered a 9-21 18-21 defeat to Japan's Yushi Tanaka in his men's singles pre-quarterfinal match. In the day's other pre-quarterfinal matches involving Indian players, Ayush Shetty lost to France's Toma Popov 13-21 17-21, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran went down to Christo Popov of France 14-21 16-21.
BERLIN : Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday named newcomers Nick Woltemade and Tom Bischof in the squad for next month's Nations League final four.
The following are some of the other contenders for the men's singles title at the French Open, which starts on Sunday:
PARIS :Jannik Sinner's dazzling winning streak ground to a halt ahead of the French Open but the world number one's top-notch return from a three-month doping ban suggests he will be the main challenger to Carlos Alcaraz in Paris.
BENGALURU : Carlos Alcaraz heads to Paris for his French Open title defence having laid down a marker with his victory over world number one Jannik Sinner in Rome on Sunday which completed his collection of elite claycourt crowns.
BERLIN : If there is one tennis player who knows how to beat the odds when they are stacked against him, it is 24-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.