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Never seen someone hit the ball so hard: Shocked Tsitsipas after loss
On the last point of the match, Alcaraz slammed an unplayable forehand and fell to the court in celebration. That unplayable forehand -- his 61st winner of the match -- was a reflection of the fearless game the Spaniard played at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday evening.
US Open: Teenager Alcaraz stuns world No 3 Tsitsipas in five-setter
In a battle of swinging fortunes, the 18-year-old ranked 55th in the world rallied from 2-5 in the third set, saving three sets points and breaking twice to avoid going down two sets to one, before advancing in four hours and six minutes. Alcaraz is the youngest player to beat a top-3 tival at a major since Michael Chang.
Paralympic shooting: Narwal, Singhraj claim gold, silver for India
Narwal shot a Paralympic record 218 in the final while Singhraj, who had won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol SH1 earlier this week, finished second with a score of 216.7. Sergey Malyshev of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) took the bronze with a score of 196.8.
Unwise team selection makes it an uphill climb for India
From 62 for five, England batsmen Ollie Pope and Jonny Bairstow established dominance over a flagging Indian pace attack. The challenge the Indian off-spinner was likely to have posed was not at the tourists' disposal. The hosts thereby registered a healthy and advantageous first-innings lead of 99.
Paralympics: Pramod Bhagat in final, Sarkar to play for bronze in SL3 badminton
In the final, Bhagat will meet World No. 2 Daniel Bathell, the man he beat in the final of the World Championship in Basel in 2019. Bathell defeated India's Manoj Sarkar 21-8, 21-8 in the second semifinal, surging ahead from 9-9 in the second game to win in 38 minutes.
Fourth Test: India stay at England's heels (Day 2 report)
The day began well for the Indians as pacer Umesh Yadav, who had removed Joe Root on Thursday evening, picking the wickets of overnight batsmen, the nightwatchman Craig Overton and Dawid Malan to reduce England to 62 for five early in the first session.
Paralympics: Harvinder wins historic bronze in archery
South Korea's Kim Min Su took aim first and managed to shoot an 8 and Harvinder responded with a perfect 10 to win a historic bronze medal -- the first-ever medal for India in either Olympic or Paralympic Games. It was also India's third medal in the Paralympics on Friday and the 13th overall in Tokyo.
4th Test: Pope, Bairstow lead England's fightback
Resuming on 53/3, the first hour of the session belonged to India as they picked up wickets of overnight batsmen while conceding only 25 runs. Nightwatchman Craig Overton didn't last long as he edged the 10th ball of the day to Virat Kohli at first slip, becoming Umesh Yadav's 150th scalp in Test cricket.
Virat Kohli becomes 1st Indian to reach 150mn followers on Instagram
In the overall list, Kohli is the fourth sporting celebrity to reach the 150 million mark on the photo-blogging platform. Ronaldo tops the chart with 337 million followers, while Lionel Messi -- 260 million and Brazil's Neymar stand second and third in the list with 260 million, 160 million followers respectively.
Google was the first coach of Paralympics silver medallist Praveen Kumar
"I would watch videos of high jump on Google and try and learn from it. There was nobody to teach me. Later, during a district-level meeting, I was told about coach Dr. Satyapal and met him and he agreed to train me," said Praveen Kumar, who won silver in Men's High Jump T44 at the Paralympic Games on Friday.
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