India’s newest Tennis sensation Sumit Nagal has reached the career-high rating of 80 in the most recent ATP rankings after his historic efficiency on the Monte Carlo Masters. Not solely he was solely the third Indian ever to qualify for the principle draw of the Masters even on Clay, the 26-year-old additionally shocked the world no. 38 Matteo Arnaldi turning into the primary Indian participant to accomplish that. The different two gamers to make it to the principle draw from India are Vijay Amritraj (1977) and Ramesh Krishnan (1982).
Nagal’s heroic run although was ended by seventh-seeded and final yr’s runner-up Holger Rune in the second spherical. But even in that sport, the proficient Indian fought fantastically taking down the opponent in one of many units. He finally misplaced the match  3-6 6-3 2-6 however not earlier than placing up a struggle for two hours and 11 minutes.
Thanks to his wonderful present, Nagal jumped 13 locations in the ATP rankings to 80th place and is now the seventh-highest ranked Indian Tennis participant ever. Vijay Amritraj (18), Ramesh Krishnan (23), Somdev Devvarman (62), Sashi Menon (71), Anand Amritraj (74) and Prajnesh Gunneswaran (75) are the Indian gamers forward of him in this listing.
Meanwhile, India’s top Tennis participant Rohan Bopanna has misplaced his top spot in the doubles rankings to Matthew Ebden, his associate. The top-seeded duo could not make it to the quarterfinal of the Monte Carlo Masters as they have been knocked out in the spherical of 16.Â
Highest ranked Indian Tennis gamers
Rohan Bopanna (doubles) – Rank 2
Yuki Bhambri (doubles) – Rank 59
N Sriram Balaji (doubles) – Rank 99
N Vijay Sundar Prashanth – Rank 100
Sumit Nagal (singles) – Rank 80
Ramkumar Ramanathan (singles) – Rank 358
Mukund Sasikumar (singles) – Rank 450
