India’s top-ranked tennis player Sumit Nagal crashed out in the opening round of the Australian Open 2025 on Sunday, January 12. Nagal suffered a 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 defeat against Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac in the first round of the men’s singles at Melbourne Park.
The 27-year-old Sumit was the only Indian playing in the singles at the first Grand Slam event of the 2025 season. Nagal, who progressed to the second round at the Australian Open last year, went down fighting against the 26th-seeded Mahach.
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