India’s top-ranked tennis ace Sumit Nagal acquired a shock call-up in the Men’s Doubles on the French Open 2024 on Wednesday, May 29. Nagal will associate with the top-ranked Austrian star Sebastian Ofner, ranked forty fifth in ATP singles, and can face the second seed Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden in the first round on Thursday, May 30.
Bopanna-Ebden pair was scheduled to face Emil Ruusuvuori and Marton Fucsovics in the opening round of the Men’s Doubles on Wednesday. Emil Ruusuvuori and Marton Fucsovics pulled out on the final second and have been changed by alternate Sumit Nagal and Sebastian Ofner.
Nagal, India’s solely problem in the Men’s Singles, was knocked out in the opening round by the world no.18 Karen Khachanov by 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 on Monday. Nagal stays India’s finest tennis participant in the singles having not too long ago achieved a career-best rankings of 80.
The 26-year-old Nagal will likely be competing in the doubles occasion at any Grand Slam event for the first time however faces an enormous problem in the type of world no.2 Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden. Bopanna and Ebden gained the Australian Open 2024, the first main for Bopanna, in January however struggled on Clay in current ATP occasions.
Bopanna, 44, gained the historic gold with Rutuja Bhosle in the Asian Games in Hangzhou final 12 months after which scripted his maiden Grand Slam title (in Men’s Doubles) on the Australian Open 2024. Bopanna’s finest outing at Roland Garros got here in 2017 when he earned his first Grand Slam trophy in the Mixed Doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski. In Men’s Doubles, Bopanna’s finest file got here in 2022 when he reached the semifinals for the first time partnering Matwe Middelkoop.
Meanwhile, Nagal’s new associate in Men’s Doubles Sebastian Ofner can also be taking part in the singles. He defeated Terence Atmane in the first round in an exciting five-set encounter and subsequent faces no.20 seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina on Wednesday.
