After Beating Seeded Player, Sumit Nagal Bows Out At Australian Open

MELBOURNE, (IANS) – Sumit Nagal’s fairytale run at the Australian Open ended after losing to China’s Juncheng Shang in his men’s singles second-round match at Melbourne Park on January 18.

World No. 137 Nagal, who stunned Kazakhstan’s world No. 27 Alexander Bublik in the opening round, took the first set against Shang, but went down by a 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-6 in two hours and 50 minutes.

On January 16, Nagal roared in glory when the Indian tennis sensation won the first round of the Australian Open and became the first Indian male player since Ramesh Krishnan in 1989 to beat a seeded player at a Grand Slam.