Sumit Nagal Age, Career, Wife, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sumit Nagal

• Sumit Nagal is an Indian Tennis participant. He is the sixth Indian to win a Junior Grand Slam. Nagal shot to fame when he confronted Roger Federer within the 2019 US Open.
  

  Sumit Nagal together with his ATP Challenger Trophy

• In his childhood, he largely used to play cricket, however his father needed him to pursue tennis; as he needed him to do one thing distinctive.

• Soon after becoming a member of tennis, he began loving the sport. His faculty coach turned very impressed together with his abilities within the sport and suggested his father to get him skilled coaching.

• At the age of seven, his family moved to Delhi, the place his father enrolled Sumit within the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Tennis Academy to be professionally educated.

• He carried out very properly within the DDA academy. Sumit additionally received his first tennis match on the age of 8.
  

  Sumit Nagal after profitable a tennis match throughout his childhood

• When Sumit was 10 years outdated, Mahesh Bhupathi, together with different worldwide tennis gamers, began a expertise hunt- “Mission 2018”, an initiative to search out, prepare, and produce India’s first single’s Grand Slam winner by 2018.

• Sumit’s father took him to Bangalore to take part in Mission 2018. There had been greater than 5,000 members on the occasion, of which Sumit was one of many youngest gamers. Sumit was chosen together with 2 different gamers after Bhupathi watched him play.

• Reportedly, in an interview, his father mentioned that he didn’t assume Sumit would get chosen; as there have been hundreds of different members who had been a lot older than him.

• Bhupathi began to coach Sumit, however the programme received shut down after 2 years. Bhupathi stopped coaching him, however he backed him financially, even after the programme ended.
  

  Sumit Nagal throughout his youthful days

• Former Canadian tennis participant and coach, Bobby Mahal, had seen Sumit prepare with Bhupathi. When Bhupathi’s programme ended abruptly, Bobby Mahal invited Sumit to coach with him in Canada.

• Even although Sumit’s family didn’t have the cash to ship him to Canada, Mahesh Bhupathi, sponsored his journey and lodging in Canada.

• Bhupathi is Sumit’s mentor and supervisor, and he guides him continually. He advises him on what tournaments to take part in, the right way to play, and the right way to get extra factors and transfer up the rankings desk.
  

• In 2014, Sumit moved to Germany, after he was accepted within the Schuettler Waske Tennis University.

• In 2015, Sumit participated and received the Boys’ Doubles title at Wimbledon with Vietnamese tennis participant, Lý Hoàng Nam.
  

  Sumit Nagal with Lý Hoàng Nam after profitable the boys’ doubles at Wimbledon

• In 2015, he turned professional, and in 2016, he made his debut for India within the Davis Cup.
  

  Sumit Nagal taking part in within the Davis Cup

• In 2017, Nagal was faraway from India’s Davis Cup squad; citing disciplinary causes. Later, a retired Indian tennis participant, Somdev Devvarman, defended Sumit by writing an open letter to the All India Tennis Association (AITA).

• In 2019, he certified for the US Open. He made his Grand Slam debut in opposition to Roger Federer on 26 August 2019.
  

  Sumit Nagal with Roger Federer after their match

• Sumit misplaced the match in opposition to Federer, however he received the primary set in opposition to him. It additionally made him the primary Indian to win a set in opposition to Federer. After the match, Federer praised him and said that the primary set was powerful for him, and he was positive that Sumit would do very properly in his profession.

• The official Twitter deal with of the US Open additionally posted a tweet praising Sumit.

We know this is not the final we’ll see of Sumit Nagal…

Remember the title 😉 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/JtW1xzA4k6

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 27, 2019

• On 2 September 2020, when he defeated United States’ Bradley Klahn 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 within the first spherical of the US Open, he turned the primary Indian in seven years to achieve the second spherical of a Grand Slam.

Sumit Nagal is the primary Indian man to win a match on the #USOpen in 7 years.

He’s onto the second spherical after defeating Klahn 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.@nagalsumit I #USOpen pic.twitter.com/h30hVPeaWu

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 1, 2020

• In 2023, Sumit, in an interview, disclosed that he had used most of his financial savings to maintain his participation within the ATP Tour. With round 900 euros (roughly Rs. 80,000) in his checking account, these bills lined his keep in Peine, Germany’s coaching centre, and journey to tournaments, both together with his coach or a physio. According to him, his annual journey price, even with only one coach and no physio, ranged from 80 lakhs to 1 crore rupees. Sumit additionally expressed disappointment on the lack of help and perception in his comeback after an harm, noting the problem of discovering monetary backing in India. In the interview, Sumit mentioned,
  

  If I have a look at my financial institution stability, I’ve what I had at the start of the 12 months. It is 900 euros (approx ₹80,000). I did get a little bit of assist. Mr Prashant Sutar helps me with MAHA Tennis Foundation and I additionally get month-to-month (wage) from IOCL however I don’t have any huge sponsor.”