File photograph of Sumit Nagal.© AFP
Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal is about for his fifth look in a Grand Slam after incomes a direct entry for the principle draw of subsequent yr’s Australian Open. The 98th-ranked Nagal, who options within the entry checklist launched by Tennis Australia on Friday, needed to undergo the qualifying rounds within the competitors’s earlier version. Within the first spherical, Nagal had shocked the thirty first seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in straight units to document a win by 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (5), changing into the primary Indian participant to beat a seeded participant in the principle attract singles at Grand Slam in 34 years.
Nonetheless, Nagal’s journey ended within the following spherical with a defeat to wild-card Shang Juncheng of China.
Nagal’s profession maintained an upward spike when he turned the tenth participant from India to interrupt into prime 100 in ATP rankings.
In the meantime, reigning world No 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner is prime seeded for the Australian Open, adopted by Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz. Novak Djokovic is seeded seventh.
In ladies’s singles, defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is prime seeded, adopted by Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff.
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