India’s Sumit Nagal. File
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India’s Sumit Nagal is simply one match away from making the main draw of the Australian Open tennis event as he reached the ultimate spherical of the qualifying event right here on Thursday.
Nagal beat Australian Edward Winter, a wild card, within the second qualifying match 6-3, 6-2 that lasted one hour and 4 minutes on the KIA Arena.
The 26-year-old Indian will face Alex Molcan of Slovakia within the closing spherical on Friday for a spot within the season-opening Grand Slam correct.
If Nagal, presently 139th within the singles world rating, wins on Friday, he’ll enter the main spherical of a Grand Slam occasion for the primary time since 2021 and fourth general.
He made it to the main spherical of the US Open in 2019 and 2020, after which featured within the Australian Open main draw in 2021.
