Sumit Nagal

Sumit Nagal
Country (sports)  India
Residence New Delhi, India
Born (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997
Jaitpur village, Jhajjar, Haryana, India
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $104,424
Singles
Career record 0–3 (0%)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 216 (8 January 2018)
Current ranking No. 270 (16 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Q1 (2018)
Wimbledon Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 563 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking No. 563 (16 July 2018)
Last updated on: 17 July 2018.

Sumit Nagal (born 16 August 1997) is an Indian tennis player. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title with his Vietnamese partner Lý Hoàng Nam, defeating pair of Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan in the final. He became the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam Title.

He made his Davis Cup debut for India in the 2016 World Group Playoff tie against Spain in New Delhi. In 2017 Bengaluru Challenger he stunned top seed Blaz Kavcic in quarter finals, followed it by beating compatriot Yuki Bhambri in semis and finally Jay Clarke in the Finals capturing his first challenger title.[1]

Personal life and career

Nagal was born in Jaitpur village of Jhajjar in Haryana, India on 14 August 1997 to Suresh Nagal, a teacher, and Krishna Devi Nagal, a homemaker.[2][3] He lived in Nangloi, West Delhi until he was 10. He completed his early studies at Little Angels School, Sonipat, Haryana. He was selected in the first batch of children as part of Mahesh Bhupathi's Apollo Tyres Mission 2018 Programme. Between 2008-2010 Nagal was based in Bangalore. Upon the program closing down, Nagal shifted to Toronto, Canada where he was coached by Canadian coach Bobby Mahal between 2008-2014. In the Spring of 2014 Nagal shifted to Offenbach, Germany to the Schuettler Waske Tennis-University. He is residing in Germany and is coached by Mariano Delfino from Argentina. He is personally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi of Globosport. He is also supported by JSW Sports.

Sumit Nagal was dropped from the Indian Davis Cup squad in 2017. The squad led by Anand Amritraj was scheduled to face the New Zealand between 3 and 5 February 2017. The step was taken after reports came to surface that the youngster had missed a practice session in July 2016 at Chandigarh during the tie against Korea citing a hangover. A source close to AITA told Sportskeeda, "It is a case of sheer indiscipline, on the part of the player. He missed several training sessions, brought his girlfriend to the camp without informing us. Several other discrepancies emerged, including incessant drinking which led to the captain taking this call."[4][5][6] Nagal denied the allegations put towards him and got support from former India player Somdev Devvarman. Devvarman stated that "I want to be clear once again. You have not chosen Sumit Nagal for the upcoming tie, because Sumit Nagal is NOT available to play. How do I know this? Because I have spent 2 weeks with Sumit in December helping him with his training and his rehab for the current shoulder injury he is recovering from." [7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' Doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2015 Wimbledon Grass Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam United States Reilly Opelka
Japan Akira Santillan		 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score in Final
Winner 1-0 25 November 2017 Bangalore, India Hard United Kingdom Jay Clarke 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

References

  1. ↑ "Sumit Nagal wins Wimbledon boys' doubles title". 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sumit Nagal - From obscurity to Wimbledon champ!". Yahoo! News. Indo Asian News Service (IANS). 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Saini, Ravinder (14 July 2015). "Wimbledon winner Nagal does Jhajjar village proud". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Tribune News Service. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "India drops Sumit Nagal from Davis Cup squad citing indiscipline". 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  5. ↑ "Sumit Nagal dropped from India's Davis Cup squad due to serious breach of discipline: AITA sources". Firstpost. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  6. ↑ "Sumit Nagal dropped from Indian Davis Cup team on charges of serious discipline breach". News Nation. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. ↑ Nickels, Jepher Christopher (18 January 2017). "Sumit Nagal slams allegations made by All India Tennis Association". Retrieved 8 January 2018.


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