Indian tennis participant Sumit Nagal didn’t make the primary draw of the Miami Open on debut after shedding his remaining qualifying spherical match to Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong right here on Tuesday.
Nagal misplaced 6-3 1-6 5-7 to the 19-year-old, squandering the benefit he secured by successful the primary set.
Wong, who like Nagal is enjoying his first Miami Open, defeated France’s Hugo Gaston 6-2 3-6 6-2 within the first qualifying spherical.
Earlier, Nagal confirmed nice composure on strategy to a straight-set win over Canada’s Gabriel Diallo to make a brilliant begin to the match in his maiden look.
The 26-year-old, enjoying the first-round qualifier match, saved his nerves within the essential levels to outwit the 6 ft 8 inches tall Canadian Diallo 7-6(3) 6-2 on Monday.
Nagal had damaged into the world’s top-100 final month after successful the Chennai Open.
Nagal received the tie-breaker within the first set after saving a break level within the seventh sport, whereas he dominated the second set, breaking Diallo within the first and seventh sport.
He is more likely to attain a brand new career-high rating of world No. 92 after this win.
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In his final match, Nagal had misplaced to Milos Raonic on the Indian Wells after qualifying for the primary draw following the last-minute withdrawal of Rafael Nadal.
Nagal had created fairly a flutter in January when he superior to the second spherical of the Australian Open. That effort had performed an enormous half in launching him into the top-100 of the ATP rankings.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com