A double fault gave Garcia, an aggressive baseliner like Osaka, the first break point of the match in the fifth game and the former world number four converted it to edge ahead.
Nadal withdrew due to a lingering hip issue that has decimated his season since the Australian Open. The Spaniard expects to retire after the 2024 campaign.
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's Australian Open title defence lay in ruins on Wednesday after an injury-plagued defeat that shook up the men's draw, even as rain wreaked further
Organisers of the tournament beginning 16 January announced Sunday that the two-time champion has pulled out of the tournament. She is replaced by Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska.
The ‘Amar Pujo, Amar Starbucks’ campaign also created Bhetki Bhaja Sandwich and Sorse Chicken Burger, but Bengalis drew a line when they saw aloo posto being butchered.
The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
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