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For a set-and-a-half, Nagal was the better player, but the match turned on an injury time-out for Purcell at 4-3 (on serve) in the second set when a trainer was called to strap his ankle.
Also, clay is Nagal’s least favourite surface.
Nagal spoke of financial strife only last year, and was ranked outside the top 500 less than two years ago.
After their win, Sumit Nagal was routed by Marin Cilic, which led to India losing the tie 1-3.
Another forehand goes long from Nagal.
Bopanna is the lone surviving Indian player in the tournament after the exits of Sumit Nagal and Divij Sharan.
India’s top-ranked singles tennis players, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sumit Nagal, aren’t entirely in agreement with the player-driven model to help lower-ranked competitors weather the coronavirus pandemic crisis.
Nagal became the first Indian to win a singles match at the US Open in seven years after Somdev Devvarman when he beat Bradley Klahn.
Nagal covering a lot of lateral ground as well.
Nagal has been broken at the outset in both the sets so far and that is what has hamstrung him so far today.
Nagal serves at 2-5, with Thiem closing in on the win as the match stretches just up to 2 hours.
The 🇦🇹 leads Nagal, 6-3, 6-3.
When is the US Open second-round match between Sumit Nagal and Dominic Thiem?
After all, this entire season has been all about Nagal clawing his way back.
After saving five breakpoints, Federer closed the match with a strong serve on Nagal's backhand.
Asked about his exploits in the opening set, Nagal explained, “The key was that I served better than him in the first set, making lot of body serve.
Eventually, Federer fired in a serve on match point that caught the bottom of Nagal’s racquet.
Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal moved two places up in men’s singles rankings and achieved his career-best 127th spot in the latest Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings released on Monday.
In-form Nagal has an opportunity to earn his first Davis Cup win as he has lost both his singles match so far — against Spain (2016) and China (2018).
Nagal got on the scoreboard in the third game of the match with a break of serve, courtesy a Federer doublefault.