Sumit Nagal (Photo Credit: Nagal Instagram)
Sumit Nagal will face Italy’s Stefano Travaglia in the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Qualifiers.
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- Last Updated:April 10, 2021, 07:08 IST
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India’s Sumit Nagal might be up towards a troublesome participant when he takes on Italy’s Stefano Travaglia in the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Qualifiers (Round 1) match on Saturday.
The event, headlined by the likes of Spain’s Rafael Nadal — who will open his 2021 clay-court marketing campaign in Monte Carlo — and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (winner in 2013 & 2015), may also see the likes of Italy’s Fabio Fognini, Russian Daniil Medvedev, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas and Germany’s Alexander Zverev competing for the prized trophy in the ATP Masters 1000 event.
For the Haryana-born Nagal, the event is a chance to present that the first-round loss in the ATP 250 Sardegna Open in Cagliari, Italy earlier this week was an aberration.
The 136th-ranked Nagal had misplaced to Slovakian qualifier Jozef Kovalik 6-3, 1-6, 3-6 after getting into the principle draw filled with confidence after profitable two qualifying rounds.
The match towards Travaglia is not going to be a cakewalk because the 29-year-old Italian had reached the French Open third spherical final yr and was as soon as ranked No. 70 in the ATP.
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