French Open: Sumit Nagal loses to Khachanov after a two-hour 27-minute battle
The 26-year-old Nagal eventually lost 6-2, 6-0, 7-6(5) in a 2 hour and 27-minute match played on Court 7 which was interrupted by rain for some time here on Monday.
The 26-year-old Nagal eventually lost 6-2, 6-0, 7-6(5) in a 2 hour and 27-minute match played on Court 7 which was interrupted by rain for some time here on Monday.
He lost to China's 18-year-old wild card Juncheng Shang in the men's singles second round, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-6, in two hours and fifty minutes.
Leaving out the tennis aficionados, not many know who took over the mantle to represent India in the men’s tennis…
The hosts had a reason to smile as doubles pair of Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N Prashanth reached the semi-finals, overcoming Benjamin Lock of Zimbabwe and Australia’s Akira Santillan 3-6, 6-4, 12-10.
Sumit Nagal kept the Indian hopes alive in the Bengaluru Open 2023 with an intensely-fought 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-4 win over Ly Nam Hoang of Vietnam in the Round of 32 at the KSLTA Stadium on Tuesday.
Sumit Nagal maintained a win percentage of 80 per cent on his first serves in the first set during which the experienced American made 15 unforced errors.
Earlier, Sumit Nagal advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the Prague Open with a hard-fought victory over lower-ranked Kiri Lehecka.
Sumit Nagal had last year caught attention of the world with his courageous performance against Roger Federer in a first-round match of the US Open.
Sumit Nagal last played a competitive match in early March during the Davis Cup reverse singles against Croatia's Marin Cilic.
Sumit Nagal said that sportspersons, with the kind of following they command on several platforms, should be more vocal about these topics.
