Sumit Nagal in motion in opposition to S.D. Prajwal Dev within the first spherical of the ATP Challenger Chennai Open tennis on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
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India’s Sumit Nagal and S. Mukund posted contrasting wins within the first spherical of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tennis championship right here on Tuesday.
India’s prime participant Nagal had a straightforward day on the workplace, beating qualifier S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 6-2 whereas wild card entrant Mukund eked out a fighting 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victory over Maks Kasnikowski of Poland in two hours and 25 minutes.
Earlier, within the first match on the Centre Court, Australia’s Bernard Tomic, a former prime 20 participant on this planet, modified all his six T-shirts in sizzling and humid situations to defeat Olaf Pieczkowski of Poland 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(2). Tomic will tackle the top-seed Luca Nardi of Italy within the second spherical.
Mukund led 5-3 within the third set and even had a match level on the Pole’s serve within the ninth sport, however didn’t capitalise. Mukund lastly sealed the match within the eleventh sport when Kasnikowski’s backhand went broad.
Prajwal was no match for Nagal within the first set. However, within the second set, the qualifier acquired his groundstrokes going from the baseline and began to hassle Nagal. He, nonetheless, wasn’t constant sufficient.
Nagal will meet Giovanni Fonio of Italy within the second spherical. “It was a good first round match. I played solid in the two sets. It was unfortunate that two Indians ended up playing each other,” Nagal mentioned.
The outcomes: Luca Nardi (Ita) bt Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) 6-2, 6-2; Sumit Nagal bt S. D. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 6-2; Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Bogdan Bobrov (Rus) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Ugo Blanchet (Fra) bt Jonas Forejtek (Cze) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (Ita) bt Aziz Dougaz (Tun) 6-3, 6-3; Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Olaf Pieczkowski (Pol) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2); S. Mukund bt Maks Kasnikowski (Pol) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) bt Tung-Lin Wu (Tpe) 3-2 (retd.).
