Asian Games 2026: Ankita-Rutuja pair bow out; rain pushes Nagal’s match to September 29

Sumit Nagal returns the ball to South Korea's ​Kwon Soonwoo during a Davis Cup second-round qualifier. File | Photo Credit: AP India’s women’s doubles campaign in tennis at the Asian Games came to an early end after Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale suffered a hard-fought first-round defeat against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva and Anna Danilina on Monday (September 28, 2026).Keep track | Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Esha Singh bags 25m pistol silver, Pincky Balhara clinches historic Kurash bronzeThe Indian pair lost 7-5 3-6 5-10 to the Kazakh duo in a contest that went down to the deciding match tie-break.In men’s singles, India’s Sumit Nagal was locked at 3-2 in the opening set against South Korea’s Hong Seongchan when rain brought the match to a halt. The match will resume on Tuesday.Nagal had lost both his singles to Korean players at the recent Davis Cup tie in Seoul. Published - September 28, 2026 01:13 pm IST