Heilbronn (Germany): India's top-ranked singles player Sumit Nagal reached the semi-finals of the ATP 100 Challenger event, winning his quarterfinal match against Russia's Ivan Gakhov 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in 82 minutes. Won by. Friday.
Nagal, currently ranked 95 in the world, will be looking to earn as many ranking points as possible to give himself the best chance of qualifying for the singles event at the Paris Olympics, where the men's draw will be at 64.
The Indian top player shrugged off her disappointing straight sets defeat to Karen Khachanov in the first round of the French Open and was in good form throughout the week to reach the last four at the Euro 120,000 tour event.
The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes and Nagal's first and second serve percentages of 83 and 70 compared to Gakhov's 51 and 57 respectively made the difference.
Nagal also converted four break points while saving two out of three break points when he could have fallen down.
“Since the end of last year and probably till this year, I have been playing my best tennis. Before that I was out for 16-18 months due to hip surgery and at the end of 2022, I will be able to play freely and without any pain. "Could have played." Nagal said after the match.
Nagal, currently ranked 95 in the world, will be looking to earn as many ranking points as possible to give himself the best chance of qualifying for the singles event at the Paris Olympics, where the men's draw will be at 64.
The Indian top player shrugged off her disappointing straight sets defeat to Karen Khachanov in the first round of the French Open and was in good form throughout the week to reach the last four at the Euro 120,000 tour event.
The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes and Nagal's first and second serve percentages of 83 and 70 compared to Gakhov's 51 and 57 respectively made the difference.
Nagal also converted four break points while saving two out of three break points when he could have fallen down.
“Since the end of last year and probably till this year, I have been playing my best tennis. Before that I was out for 16-18 months due to hip surgery and at the end of 2022, I will be able to play freely and without any pain. "Could have played." Nagal said after the match.
