Chennai Open: Sumit Nagal beats Jason Jung, reaches quarter-finals-Sports activities Information , Firstpost

Sumit Nagal throughout a match on the 2023 Maharashtra Open in Pune. Picture: Artsmith

Sumit Nagal got here from behind to beat Jason Jung of Chinese language Taipei 3-6 6-2 6-0 to e-book his place within the quarterfinals and preserve the Indian problem alive within the singles occasion of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tennis match on Thursday.

Nagal, who got here by means of the qualifying rounds, couldn’t break the service of his 33-year-old Taipei opponent, a fortunate loser within the opening set.

Jung received lots of factors on his serve and by no means confronted a break level whereas capturing the primary set 6-3.

The 25-year-old Indian raised his stage of play and commenced to return properly. He broke his opponent’s serve thrice within the second set whereas shedding his personal as soon as to stage the match.

Within the third set, it was Nagal all the way in which as he landed 75 per cent of his first serves and returned beautifully to win the decider with out dropping a sport.

Nagal, ranked 506 within the ATP rankings, will tackle Nice Britain’s Jay Clarke (313) within the quarterfinals.

Clarke defeated eighth-seed Dimitar Kuzmanov 3-6 6-3 6-4 to advance to the following spherical.

In the meantime, no.2 seed James Duckworth beat Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic 6-2 7-6 (3) to e-book his spot within the final eight.

He was joined within the quarterfinals by compatriot Max Purcell, a 7-5 6-3 winner over Petr Nouza of the Czech Republic.

Within the doubles, the top-seeded Indian duo of Jeevan Neduncheziyan and N Sriram Balaji beat compatriots Nagal and Sasikumar Mukund 7-6(5) 6-0 to sail into the semi-finals.

Outcomes: Males’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal (India) beat Jason Jung (Chinese language Taipei) 3-6 6-2 6-0; James Duckworth (Australia) beat Hamad Medjedovic (Serbia) 6-2 7-6(3); Max Purcell beat Petr Nouza 7-5 6-3; Jay Clarke beat Dimitar Kuzmanov 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Doubles (Quarterfinals): Jeevan Neduncheziyan and N Sriram Balaji beat Sumit Nagal and Sasikumar Mukund 7-6(5) 6-0; Jay Clarke and Arjun Khade beat Ji Sung Nam and Min Kyu Track 1-6 7-6 10-8; Petr Nouza and Andrew Paulson beat Francesco Maestrelli and Luca Nardi 6-3 6-4; Sebastian Ofner and Nino Serdarusic beat Ryan Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-7 10-4.

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