Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 30 -- Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal booked a place in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Asian Games in the singles competition on Wednesday.

Sumit, currently ranked 249th in the ATP Rankings and having registered a peak ranking of world number 68, outclassed Uzbekistan's Sergey Fomin 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals, as per ESPN.

For Sumit, the quarterfinal challenge is going to be a tough one, against China's Wu Yibing, an Asian Games 2018 silver medalist.

On the other hand, in another singles match, Dhakshineswar Suresh was defeated by Chinese Taipei's Tseng Chun-hsin.

Elsewhere in sports climbing, as per the Olympics.com, Deepu Mallesh shattered his own national record four-times in the men's speed qualificat...