Shahid Judge

The only big name missing from the Croatian squad is current world no. 28 Borna Coric. Nonetheless, the European side will be a tricky opponent for the Indians. 

The Croatian team hasn’t officially been announced yet, but the team’s new non-playing captain Vedran Martic ‘expects’ to have Marin Cilic in the squad.

The irony of Habbab’s decision is that he comes from a country that was on the brink of making it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but is looking to launch a career in India, a world football minnow.

Poonam Yadav had been around long enough, she isn't afraid of giving the ball air. It’s a tactic that has helped her stand at No. 7 in the ICC ODI rankings, 12th in T20s.

This is the seventh time in as many years that the Indian team has made it to the qualifier stage of the elite team competition, but is yet to make it to the World Group. The tie will be played on March 6 and 7, with the Croatians set to field the same team that won them the 2018 title.

In the past few days, Vesely has spoken often about being ‘lucky’ on court. He faced two match points in his quarterfinal against Ilya Ivashka, and then four more in the semifinal against Ricardas Berankis. On Sunday though, all that hadn’t been working well for him, did at the right time.

In the second semifinal of the Tata Open Maharashtra, India’s only ATP event, Egor Gerasimov progressed into the final with a 7-6(2), 6-4 win over James Duckworth.

For Vesely, that’s a position he wants to be in, a position he’s been feeling pressure from back home to be in.

A last-minute cancellation of an event would cause greater problems to lower-ranked players, as tournaments accept entries based on rankings.

Prajnesh suffers defeat to Soonwoo Kwon in second round as Indian singles challenge ends at Pune Open

He was Lithuania's first Jr Grand Slam winner; a former Jr world No. 1; has defeated likes of Dimitrov and Anderson; but his career never really took off. At Tata Open Maharashtra, he hopes to revive it.

India’s top singles player records first-ever ATP main draw win at home; Paes-Ebden in second round

In the 2019 season, Nagal decided to play clay tournaments to help consolidate his return to the tour after a long bout with shoulder problems.

A depleted foreign field means that there is more scope for lower ranked Indian players to make it to the main draw.

After turning pro in 2010, the 30-year-old has lost five years to injuries, contemplated quitting, built some momentum, got up to a career-high 75, but couldn’t stay in the top 100 for too long.

Time was off the essence for the veteran Serbian, for there was another match he wanted to catch – the Australian Open men’s singles final.

Ever since the start of the tournament in its former host city Chennai, it was played as a season-opener and attracted top stars – the likes of Carlos Moya, Patrick Rafter, three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, and even a certain Rafael Nadal.

The Indian men table tennis team lost 3-1 in the match against the Czech Republic, bringing an end to the Olympic dream.

Lower-ranked France deny Indian women’s TT team Olympic berth; Individual quota places still up for grabs.