Country (sports) India Residence New Delhi, India Name Sumit Nagal | Prize money $4,120 Role Tennis player Career titles 3 ITF Parents Suresh Nagal | |
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Born 16 August 1997 (age 26)
Jhajjar, India ( 1997-08-16 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Highest ranking No. 500 (5 oct 2015) | ||
13 year old tennis player sumit nagal practicing and competing in india feb march 2011
Sumit Nagal (born August 16, 1997 in Jhajjar) is an Indian tennis player. He completed his early studies at Little Angels School, Sonipat, Haryana. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title with his Vietnamese partner Lý Hoàng Nam, defeating Reilly Opelka / Akira Santillan in the final. He became the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam Title. He made his Davis Cup debut for India in the 2016 World Group Playoff tie against Spain in New Delhi.
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- 13 year old tennis player sumit nagal practicing and competing in india feb march 2011
- Marc polmans v sumit nagal australian open 2015
- Personal life
- Controversies
- References
Marc polmans v sumit nagal australian open 2015
Personal life
Sumit was born in Jhajjar in Haryana, India on 16 August 1997 to Suresh Nagal, a teacher, and Krishna Devi Nagal, a homemaker. He lived in Nangloi, West Delhi until he was 10. He was selected in the first batch of children as part of Mahesh Bhupathi's Apollo Tyres Mission 2018 Programme. Between 2008-2010 Nagal was based in Bangalore. Upon the program closing down, Nagal shifted to Toronto, Canada where he was coached by Canadian coach Bobby Mahal between 2008-2014. In the Spring of 2014 Nagal shifted to Offenbach, Germany to the Schuettler Waske Tennis-University. He is residing in Germany and is coached by Mariano Delfino from Argentina. He is personally managed by Mahesh Bhupathi of Globosport. He is also supported by JSW Sports.
Controversies
Sumit Nagal was dropped from the Indian Davis Cup squad in 2017. The squad led by Anand Amritraj was scheduled to face the New Zealand between February 3 and 5th 2017. The step was taken after reports came to surface that the youngster had missed a practice session in July 2016 at Chandigarh during the tie against Korea citing a hangover. A source close to AITA told Sportskeeda, "It is a case of sheer indiscipline, on the part of the player. He missed several training sessions, brought his girlfriend to the camp without informing us. Several other discrepancies emerged, including incessant drinking which led to the captain taking this call."
Nagal denied the allegations put towards him and got support from former India player Somdev Devvarman. Devvarman stated that "I want to be clear once again. You have not chosen Sumit Nagal for the upcoming tie, because Sumit Nagal is NOT available to play. How do I know this? Because I have spent 2 weeks with Sumit in December helping him with his training and his rehab for the current shoulder injury he is recovering from."
