Sumit Nagal confirmed for men's singles tennis at Paris 2024 Olympics

The International Tennis Federation ITF has confirmed Indian player Sumit Nagals presence in the mens singles event at Paris 2024 OlympicsAs per Olympicscom this will mark Nagals second Olympics appearance after Tokyo 2020 where he defeated Denis Istomin in the first round but lost to Daniil Medvedev in round twoThe ITF confirmed Nagals presence through their entry list released on ThursdayThe mens and womens singles event in Tennis at Paris Olympics the multisport extravaganza starting from July 26 onwards will feature 64 players The top 56 eligible mens singles players as per ATP Rankings on June 10 secured quotas for their countries with a maximum of four quotas available to each countryThough 77thranked Nagal was 21 places behind the top 56 players when the qualifying window ended he was able to make it among the quota winners as more than four players from multiple nations were ahead of him in the rankings and some players also withdrew from the eventNagal was 138th in the rankings in January but has been in fine form since then A triumph at Chennai Open this year helped him break into top 100 for the first time everAlso ReadI will want to open in T20Is Shubman Gill eyes vacant slots by Kohli RohitRanked at number 95 in mens singles just a week before the qualifying window ended an ATP Challenger title win at Heilbronn Neckarcup in Germany helped him jump a massive 18 places to number 77 and brought himself in contention for a ticket to ParisNagal will be joining Rohan Bopanna who will also partner with N Sriram Balaji in the mens doubles competition as a part of the Indian tennis teamAt the end of the qualifying window Bopanna was ranked at world number four in mens doubles and got his Olympic quota easilyThe mens and womens doubles event will feature a total of 32 teams with a maximum of two teams per nation The first qualifiers to the Olympics were the top10 placed teams in doubles rankings as long as they had a partner available within the top 300 of doubles rankingsBopanna chose 67thranked Balaji as his partner and their entry was confirmed on June 19 by All India Tennis Association AITABoth Bopanna and Balaji are competing at Wimbledon 2024 where the former is partnering with Matthew Ebden of Australia inmens doubles while Balaji has paired up with Great Britains Luke JohnsonBopanna and Balaji will later go to Hamburg and Umaag for their next ATP 500 events ahead of the Paris OlympicsNagal also feautured in Wimbledon but crashed out in the opening round in both singles and doublesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever