India’s top singles tennis player, Sumit Nagal defeated Sweden’s Elias Ymer in the first round of the Nordea Open on Tuesday with a scoreline of 6-4, 6-3.
Nagal, who has been in good form lately, defeated the talented Swedish wild card entrant 6-4, 6-3. Ymer has had notable success in tournaments held in India. Nagal previously lost to Ymer at Split Open (Croatia) in 2023 and at Lyon (France) in 2019.
Currently ranked 68th in the ATP singles rankings, Nagal will face Argentina’s world number 36 Mariano Navone, in the next round. Nagal is set to represent India at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
In other news, Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji, who will also participate in the men’s doubles event in Paris, are gearing up for their debut ATP Tour tournament as a pair. The Indian duo will face the German team of Mark Wallner and Jakob Schnaitter in the first round of the Hamburg Open, an ATP 500 event, on Wednesday.