Then this year, Taabia Khan, who comes from a family of cricketers, scaled the peak in girls’ doubles before Bharath Latheesh became the world’s top-ranked junior player in singles.

But the images of abandoned cars in the waterlogged roads put fear in the minds of everyone else, including the parents of the other UAE players, Bharath Latheesh and Adam Jeslin. “They were ...

Faiq, who is seeded ninth in the competition, defeated third seed Bharath Latheesh from the United Arab Emirates 21-14, 21-19 in a swift 36 minutes in Nanchang, China, yesterday. But tournament ...