Tennis, US Open 2024: Sumit Nagal loses to Tallon Griekspoor in first round
This was the third consecutive first round exit from a Grand Slam for Nagal, after losing in the opener at the French Open and Wimbledon.
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Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal’s run at the 2024 US Open ended in the first round on Tuesday after a straight-sets loss to Dutch player Tallon Griekspoor.
Nagal, the world No 73 lost to the player ranked 40 1-6, 3-6, 6-7(6) in a match that lasted two hours and 20 minutes.
The 27-year-old from Jhajjar, Haryana, who played in the singles main draw of all four Grand Slams in the same year for the first time, dropped serve six times in the duration of the match and managed to break his opponent’s serve twice.
Three of those breaks on Nagal’s serve came in the first set, with the Indian not holding on to any of his service games as Griekspoor took the opener 6-1.
There was some fightback in the second set, with Nagal keeping pace initially. But the Dutch player managed to find a break in the fifth game to go up 3-2. Griekspoor held on to the advantage to close out the opening with another break right at the end.
The first break in the third set came in favour of the Indian in the 11th game. Nagal, up 6-5 had a chance to serve for the set but the Dutchman came back strongly. Aided by a Nagal double fault,...
