AUS Open 2024: Indian fans heartbroken, Sumit Nagal out of Australian Open after losing to Chinese player
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Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal’s journey in the Australian Open has ended. In the second round on Thursday, Sumit had to face defeat by 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-6 against 18-year-old Shang Juncheng of China. Nagal started his tournament by winning the first set but after that he lost in 3 consecutive sets.
Sumit had a good start and won the first set easily. But the Chinese player made a brilliant comeback and broke Sumit’s serve in the fourth game of the second set. After this the Chinese player easily won the second set. Whereas Sumit could not make a comeback even in the third and fourth sets and lost the match. There itselfThe Chinese player won the last set 6-4 and won the match.
News Flash: Sumit Nagal goes down to former Jr. World no. 1 Shang Juncheng 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-6 in 2nd round of Australian Open. #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/0xYCTjhREB
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However, the third set was extremely competitive between the two players. Both the players were close to winning the third set, Nagal gave a strong fight to the Chinese player but he could not save the set. Chinese player Shang Juncheng won by 7-5.
Earlier, Sumit had created history by defeating Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in the first round. Sumit had defeated 31st seed Alexander Bullik in the tournament. Sumit Nagal won that match 6-4, 6-2, 7-6. This is the first time that an Indian male tennis player has defeated a seeded player in a singles Grand Slam.
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