Sumit Nagal won India’s first Olympic singles match in 25 years

Sumit Nagal beat Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin and became the first Indian since 1996 to win a singles match at the Olympics.

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He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys’ doubles title, thus becoming the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title.

He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles tennis player and since 2018, he has been a regular member of India’s national Davis Cup squad.

At 2020 US Open, Nagal won his opening round match against Bradley Klahn, thus becoming first Indian since Somdev Devvarman (2013 US Open) to win a match in the main draw of a Grand Slam.