On Friday, Sumit Nagal was hopeful a clash against a top-10 player in his opener but the India tennis player drew Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis as his first-round opponent at the Australian open.
It will Nagal’s second conflict against the world number 72 in as numerous weeks in the wake of losing to the Lithuanian early this week in the development event.
If Nagal, a wild card entrant and world number 139, can cross the primary obstacle, he will run into either nineteenth seed Russian Karen Khachanov or local wild card Aleksandar Vukic.
Having competed in US open (2019.2020) twice, it will be Nagal’s third Grand Slam men’s singles appearance.
However, Ankita Raina, who Was standing by to know whether she gets ‘lucky loser’ spot in the women’s singles, couldn’t make the cut.
Rohan Bopanna and Divih Sharan Will compete with their respective partners in the Men’s doubles.
