Sumit Nagal
Sumit Nagal (सुमित नागल) (born 16 August 1997) is a tennis player from village Jaitpur in district Jhajjar, Haryana. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title along with his Vietnamese partner Lý Hoàng Nam, defeating Reilly Opelka / Akira Santillan in the final. He became the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam Title.
2023: First challenger title in 4 years Nagal began the season at Maharastra Open entering the main draw as wildcard. He lost to sixth seed Filip Krajinović in three sets in first round. He next lost to Shintaro Mochizuki in three sets in first qualifying round of the Nonthaburi Challenger. He then lost to Gauthier Onclin in three sets in first qualifying round of the 2023 BW Open ending the first month of the year winless.
Nagal qualified for the Garden Open in Rome. Once he reached the main draw, he beat 4th seed Francesco Maestrelli, wildcard Fausto Tabacco, alternate Max Houkes and 8th seed Joris de Loore to reach his first Challenger final in 4 years. There, he beat Jesper de Jong in straight sets to win the title, becoming the first Indian player to win a Challenger title on European clay. As a result, he re-entered the world's top 260.
Early Life
Sumit was born in Jhajjar in Haryana, India on 16 August 1997 to Suresh Nagal, a teacher in MCD School at Nangloi, West Delhi. He lived in Nangloi, West Delhi until he was 10. He completed his early studies at Little Angels School, Sonipat, Haryana.
Career
He was selected in the 1st batch of kids as part of Mahesh Bhupathi's Apollo Tyres Mission 2018 Programme. Between 2008-2010 Nagal was based in Bangalore.
Upon the program closing down, Nagal shifted to Toronto, Canada where he was coached by Canadian Coach Bobby Mahal between 2008-2014. In the Spring of 2014 Nagal shifted to Offenbach, Germany to the Schuettler-Waske Tennis University. He is currently residing in Germany and is presently coached by Mariano Delfino from Argentina. He is personally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi of Globosport.
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