Indian tennis ace Sumit Nagal went right down to South Korea’s Seong-chan Hong after placing up a spirited battle within the last qualifying spherical of Indian Wells Masters.
The 26-year-old Nagal misplaced 6-2, 2-6, 6-7 (4-7) on Tuesday.
Earlier, Nagal brushed previous the problem of American wildcard Stefan Dostanic in straight units in his first outing on the Indian Wells Masters on Monday.
The India No. 1 singles participant beat Dostanic in straight units 6-2, 6-2 within the first spherical of qualifying.
And whereas Nagal could have misplaced to Hong, he assured himself of 10 rating factors and USD 14,400 prize cash by making the ultimate qualifying spherical.
Nagal just lately made historical past by turning into the primary Indian males’s singles participant in a decade to advance to the second spherical of the Australian Open.
He additionally gained the Chennai Challengers title, coming into the top-100 rankings following the triumph. Nonetheless, he suffered reverses in Pune and Dubai.