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Nagal, Raina enter quarters; Bhosale, Ramkumar bow out in singles

However, the singles challenge of Rutuja Bhosale and Ramkumar Ramanathan came to a halt at the Asian Games.Ranked 336, Bhosale was up against higher-ranked Alexandra Eala (190) from Philippines and went down fighting 6-7 (5), 2-6. In the men’s singles, Ramkumar lost to World No. 78 Yosuke Watanuki 7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-5

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India`s Sumit Nagal returns the ball to Kazakhstan`s Beibit Zhukayev during the round 3 men`s singles tennis match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China. Pic/PTI

India`s Sumit Nagal returns the ball to Kazakhstan`s Beibit Zhukayev during the round 3 men`s singles tennis match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China. Pic/PTI

Counter-puncher Sumit Nagal blunted the challenge of big-serving Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan 7-6 (9), 6-4 with his perseverance, while Ankita Raina outgunned Hong Kong’s Adithya P Karunaratne 6-1, 6-2 without fuss as the two Indians inched closer to singles medals by reaching the quarter-finals at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.

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