Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Dhakshineswar Suresh, Sumit Nagal Reach Asian Games Pre-Quarterfinals
Indian tennis players Dhakshineswar Suresh and Sumit Nagal won their opening matches at the Asian Games.
Both players advanced to the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals.
Dhakshineswar beat Indonesia’s Gunawan Trismuwantara in two closely fought sets.
Nagal defeated South Korea’s Seongchan Hong in straight sets.
Nagal’s match was interrupted by rain and finished indoors the next day.
His match took more than three hours in total.
Nagal will next play Uzbekistan’s Sergey Fomin.
Other Indian players were also scheduled to compete in doubles events.
Dhakshineswar Suresh defeated Indonesia’s Gunawan Trismuwantara 7-5, 7-6(2) in the second round.
Sumit Nagal beat South Korea’s Seongchan Hong 6-4, 6-0 in a rain-interrupted match.
Dhakshineswar’s contest lasted one hour and 25 minutes despite a close scoreline.
Nagal’s match lasted three hours and four minutes across two days and shifted from outdoor to indoor courts.
Dhakshineswar was scheduled to play men’s doubles with Yuki Bhambri later in the day.
- Who
- Indian tennis players Dhakshineswar Suresh and Sumit Nagal.
- What
- Both won their men’s singles matches and advanced to the pre-quarterfinals.
- When
- Tuesday, September 29.
- Where
- The Asian Games tennis competition in Nagoya.
- Why
- They won their second-round or opening matches.
- Dhakshineswar’s result
- Beat Gunawan Trismuwantara 7-5, 7-6(2).
- Sumit Nagal’s result
- Beat Seongchan Hong 6-4, 6-0.
- Dhakshineswar’s match duration
- One hour and 25 minutes.
- Nagal’s match duration
- Three hours and four minutes across two days.
- Nagal’s next opponent
- Sergey Fomin of Uzbekistan.
- Dhakshineswar’s doubles partner
- Yuki Bhambri.
- Other scheduled doubles
- Anirudh Chandrasekar and N Sriram Balaji were set to face Nepal’s Abhishek Bastola and Pradip Khadka.