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Tough Asian Games Singles Draw for India; Doubles Offer Best Medal Hope
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News18•25-09-2026, 16:00
Tough Asian Games Singles Draw for India; Doubles Offer Best Medal Hope
- •India faces a challenging draw in the Asian Games men's singles tennis, with Sumit Nagal (seventh seed) and Dhakshineswar Suresh (11th seed) having difficult paths to the medal rounds.
- •Nagal, after a first-round bye, will open against South Korea's Hong Seongchan, with a potential quarterfinal clash against third seed Wu Yibing or eighth seed Hayato Matsuoka.
- •Dhakshineswar Suresh also has a first-round bye, facing Indonesia's Muhammad Trismuwantara next, with a possible third-round match against sixth seed Chun-Hsin Tseng.
- •India has no representation in the women's singles main draw, with the field led by top seed Alexandra Eala and second seed Zhang Shuai.
- •India's strongest medal prospects are in men's doubles, where N Sriram Balaji and Anirudh Chandrasekar are top seeds, and Yuki Bhambri and Dhakshineswar are fifth seeds, potentially meeting in the final.
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Seeded seventh, Sumit Nagal received a first-round bye and will open against South Korea's Hong Seongchan. A win could lead to a third-round match against either Tajikistan's Somon Amonov or ninth seed Sergey Fomin, and a potential quarterfinal against third seed Wu Yibing or Hayato Matsuoka.
India's best medal bet is in the men's doubles where N Sriram Balaji and Anirudh Chandrasekar have been given top billing, while Yuki Bhambri and Dhakshineswar Suresh are seeded fifth. In the singles, Sumit Nagal is seeded seventh and Dhakshineswar Suresh is seeded 11th.
The singles competitions will be held from September 27 to October 3 at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya.
