File photograph of Sumit Nagal. After attaining 77th place in ATP rankings, Sumit Nagal set to signify the nation within the Paris Olympics males’s singles draw.
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India’s Sumit Nagal climbed 18 locations to 77th within the newest ATP rankings issued on June 10, all however sealing a spot within the Paris Olympics males’s singles draw.
Nagal has 713 ATP factors. The enchancment in his rankings was on account of Nagal bagging the lads’s singles crown on the Heilbronn Neckarcup 2024 Challenger occasion in Germany on Sunday, beating Switzerland’s Alexander Ritschard in a three-set thriller.
The Indian gained 6-1 6(5)-7 6-3 within the last that lasted two hours and 22 minutes. Rankings, as on June 10, would be the foundation for deciding entries for the Games.
As per the established standards, the highest 56 gamers, each in males’s and girls’s rankings, will attain automated qualification for the Olympics however not more than 4 per nation could make the lower for the Games, a rule which permits decrease ranked gamers to sneak into the draw.
Nagal appears to be like good to safe the final obtainable ranking-enabled spot within the draw. The final time India had a participant within the Olympics major draw was the 2012 Games when Somdev Devvarman made it because of a wildcard.
“Elated to win the title in Heilbronn this week. It was an important week for me, and I’m proud to have produced my best tennis when it mattered the most,” Nagal posted on X after his last win.
“If I win a match like this, I can be proud because the fight was insane. Ranking is secondary, first goal is to play good tennis,” he mentioned on the finish of his match.
The 26-year-old Nagal could be the only Indian within the males’s singles occasion in Paris.
This was the sixth ATP Challenger title for Nagal and the second of the 12 months after the Chennai Open crown on residence soil earlier this 12 months.
Nagal, who’s at present the best-ranked Indian singles participant, has gained 4 ATP Challenger titles since 2023 and the win in Heilbronn was his fourth title on clay tennis courts.
Source: www.thehindu.com
