India’s top-ranked singles participant Sumit Nagal suffered a first-round defeat from Russia’s 18th-seeded Karen Khachanov. Nagal’s valiant effort in the third set went in useless as he went down in straight units 2-6, 0-6, 6-7 (5-7) at Court 7.
He had a giant problem upon him to upset the big-hitting Russian however couldn’t discover sufficient to match the ability and vary of his rival. The first break of the match got here in recreation three of the opening set when Khachanov fended off his 40-0 lead regardless of Nagal saving three breakpoints to win the sport due to an unforced error from the Indian.
Rain interrupted the match and there was no play for 21 minutes earlier than the tussle resumed. Khachanov then broke Nagal once more in recreation seven and bagged the set in the subsequent 6-2.Â
The Indian discovered it extraordinarily exhausting to get a recreation in the second set and regardless of having two break probabilities, he couldn’t capitalise on them and gave the Russian a 3-0 cushion. The second set was rapidly over however Nagal put up a powerful struggle in the must-win set.Â
Nagal was trailing 2-3 after which 3-5 however staged an incredible comeback, profitable the subsequent three video games and main 6-5 with an opportunity to win the set. But the Russian took it into the tie-breaker and gained it 7-5.
