Perugia (Italy), Jun 11: India's top-ranked tennis player Sumit Nagal advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the ATP 125 Perugia Challenger with a straight sets win over Bosnian Nerman Fatic here on Tuesday. (More Tennis News)
The sixth seed Indian, who won the men's singles crown at the Heilbronn Neckarcup 2024 Challenger event in Germany last week, registered a 7-6(1), 6-2 win in the first round that lasted one hour 52 minutes.
The first set was fought on even keel with little separating the two players but Nagal managed to edge out Fatic in the tiebreak.
He then continued his fantastic first serve performance, dominating his Bosnian rival in the second set.