Nordea Open 2024: Sumit Nagal-Karol Drzewiecki Pair Bows Out After First Round

In the same event, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won their second-round qualifying match to advance to the main draw

PTI

Updated on: 17 July 2024 2:26 pm

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Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal bows out of the Nordea Open 2024 men's doubles event. Photo: X/ @nagalsumit

Olympic-bound Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal and his Polish partner Karol Drzewiecki made a first-round exit after suffering a straight-set loss in the Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden. (More Sports News)

The Indo-Polish pair suffered a 3-6 4-6 defeat in the hands of the French duo of Alexandre Muller and Luca Van Assche in a 59-minute round of 16 contest on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old however is still alive in the singles event. Nagal, who is now placed 68th in the ATP singles chart, next faces world number 36 Mariano Navone from Argentina.

Meanwhile, veteran Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji's men's doubles first-round match against the German duo of Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner at the Hamburg Open in Hamburg, Germany has been postponed to Thursday.

Bopanna and Balaji will also be pairing up for the Paris Olympics later this month.

In the same event, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won their second-round qualifying match to advance to the main draw.

The Indian pair came from behind to defeat the Spanish combine of Sergio Martos Gornes and Jaume Munar 4-6 6-2 10-8 on Tuesday.