Quarterfinals

Indian badminton team advanced to the quarter-finals of Commonwealth Games 2022 after defeating Australia 4-1 in their mixed team event on July 30. Srikanth Kidambi, PV Sindhu, Sumeeth Reddy, and Chirag Shetty put India up 3-0 over Australia. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand of India were defeated by Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen and Gronya Somerville.… read-more

PV Sindhu was eliminated from the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament on July 8 after losing to Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinals. Seventh seed Sindhu fell short against the world no. 2 a week after getting outwitted by Chinese Taipei at the Malaysia Open. Sindhu suffered her 17th career defeat against the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, who had beaten the Indian in all seven previous matches.

Australia's Nick Kyrgios advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time in eight years, defeating American Brandon Nakashima in a riveting five-setter on July 4. After losing the first set, the Australian won and advanced to a match against Chile's Cristian Garin. "First I want to say, a hell of an effort by Brandon, but I fought really hard and I am super happy to get through," Kyrgios said. 

Serbian Tennis player Novak Djokovic beat American wildcard Jenson Brooksby on September 6 at the US Open to make his way in the quarterfinals. As Djokovic chased his 21st major and a calendar-year Grand Slam, he struggled against Brooksby, the 99th ranked player who threw a challenging start. However, for the second time in a row, the world's number one struggled to keep going in the first set.

India's first boxer in the superheavyweight category at the Olympics, Satish Kumar, started with a win against Jamaica's Ricardo Brown at the Tokyo Games. Kumar made it to the quarterfinals with a score of 4-1 in the 16 stages round. With speed as the key, the 32-year-old landed a few but effective punches while keeping himself out of the Jamaican's reach, restricting Brown from getting into a rhythm.