The strain of enjoying back-to-back qualifiers adopted by a predominant draw match the following day took a toll on India’s top-ranked tennis participant Sumit Nagal as he bowed out in the opening spherical of the ATP 500 Barcelona Open on Monday. Nagal misplaced to Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, a top-100 participant, 5-7, 0-6 after failing to convert two break possibilities in the primary set when the match was evenly poised at 5-all and Nagal was main 15-40. The Indian then misplaced eight consecutive video games to Herbert, who has accomplished a Career Grand Slam in males’s double, following victories on the 2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon, 2018 French Open and 2019 Australian Open with Nicola Mahut.
Earlier, Nagal, ranked one hundred and thirty fifth in the world, had defeated Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano 7-6(1), 6-3 to enter the primary draw.
The Barcelona Open is one of an important occasions in Spanish tennis with Rafael Nadal having gained the title 11 instances.
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