India’s Sumit Nagal and S Mukund posted contrasting wins within the first spherical of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tennis championship right here on Tuesday.
India’s high participant Nagal had a simple day on the workplace, beating qualifier S. D. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 6-2 whereas wild card entrant Mukund eked out a preventing 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victory over Maks Kasnikowski of Poland in two hours and 25 minutes.
Earlier, within the first match on the Centre Court, Australia’s Bernard Tomic, a former high 20 participant on the planet, modified all his six T-shirts in scorching and humid circumstances to defeat Olaf Pieczkowski of Poland 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Tomic will tackle the top-seed Luca Nardi of Italy within the second spherical.
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Mukund overcame a preventing opponent in Kasnikowski. In truth, the Indian led 5-3 within the third set and even had a match level on the Pole’s serve within the ninth recreation, however did not capitalise. Mukund lastly sealed the match within the eleventh recreation when Kasnikowski’s backhand went broad.
For Nagal, it was a stroll within the park. Prajwal was no match for Nagal within the first set. However, within the second set, the qualifier obtained his groundstrokes going from the baseline and began to hassle Nagal on and off. He, nonetheless, wasn’t constant sufficient. Nagal will meet Giovanni Fonio of Italy within the second spherical. “It was a good first-round match. I played solid in the two sets. It was unfortunate that two Indians ended up playing each other,” Nagal mentioned.
The Results
Luca Nardi (Ita) bt Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) 6-2, 6-2; Sumit Nagal bt S. D. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 6-2; Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Bogdan Bobrov (Rus) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Ugo Blanchet (Fra) bt Jonas Forejtek (Cze) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (Ita) bt Aziz Dougaz (Tun) 6-3, 6-3; Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Olaf Pieczkowski (Pol) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2); Sasikumar Mukund bt Maks Kasnikowski (Pol) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) bt Tung-Lin Wu (Tpe) 3-2 (retd.).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com