
Sumit Nagal of India celebrates after received the matc in opposition to Italian’s Luca Nardi throughout the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tennis Match at Nungambakkam in Chennai on Sunday.
| Photograph Credit score: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Ace Indian tennis participant Sumit Nagal on Monday achieved a career-high rating of 95 within the ATP singles chart, following spectacular leads to latest occasions.
His earlier greatest was 97 in February, which he had attained after profitable the Chennai Open, an ATP Challenger collection occasion.
Nagal made headlines in January after he made it to the primary draw of the Australian Open and in addition turned the primary Indian to beat a seeded participant (AlexanderBublik of Kazakhstan) in the identical earlier than bowing out within the second spherical after shedding to Shang Juncheng of China.
After his Chennai Open triumph, he performed two extra Challenger tournaments, together with an ATP 500 competitors (Dubai Championship) and a few ATP 1000 Masters (Indian Wells and Miami). However, his greatest efficiency at the moment was restricted to a semi-final end within the Bengaluru Challenger.
At the moment, Nagal is getting ready for Grand Prix Hassan II, an ATP 250 occasion in Marrakesh, Morocco, the place he will probably be taking up Corentin Moutet of France within the opening spherical.