Sumit Nagal certified for the primary draw of ATP 500 Barcelona Open on Sunday after a straight units win over Italian Thomas Fabbiano. Nagal registered a snug 7-6(1), 6-3 win over Fabbiano to attain the primary draw. Fabbiano is ranked 166 on the planet in contrast to 135 rating of Nagal and that confirmed within the sport because the Indian was ready to play him round on his favorite clay courtroom. This was solely the second assembly between the 2, the earlier one coming in 2018 in China, the place the Italian had come out victorious in three units.
Nagal took to Twitter to share one of many spotlight rallies of the match towards Fabbiano. It confirmed Nagal’s capacity to cowl the bottom and his velocity on clay. The rally noticed plenty of operating round and nice play from each gamers nevertheless it was Nagal’s relentlessness that obtained him the purpose. He ran everywhere in the courtroom and coated the web extraordinarily nicely to eke out that time.
Nagal can be up towards Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert within the first spherical. Herbert is at the moment 78th-ranked, in accordance to the ATP rankings. It can be a troublesome battle for Nagal as Herbert loves clay as nicely.
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