Sumit Nagal to lead India's challenge at Bengaluru Open

Sumit Nagal who made his presence felt at the Australian Open by knocking out world number 27 Alexander Bublik will present a strong Indian challenge at the Bengaluru Open starting February 10Ranked 137 Nagal is the lone Indian to get direct entry at the ATP Challenger tournament where the cutoff was set at a stiff 257 A total of 21 players from 11 different nations have qualified for the main draw at the ATP 100 Challenger tournamentBenzamin Bonzi the world number 106 from France is the highestranked player to have entered the tournamentAlso Read Atletico Madrid into Copa del Rey last fourThis year the competition is set to elevate further With eight players ranked in the top 200 including four within the top 150 the level of tennis is such that distinguishing between players in the 100200 range is challenging We anticipate some outstanding contests among the players and Bengaluru is excited to welcome them said Priyank Kharge Chairman of the Organizing Committee Honble Minister for IT BT amp RDPR Government of Karnataka and Senior Vice President KSLTASumit Nagal had won this tournament back in 2017 and back himself to win another title after a strong show at the seasons first major where he qualified for the main draw and did not drop a set in first four matchesAfter the moraleboosting success at the Australian Open I am brimming with confidence and anticipation as I return to my roots This edition is expected to be high on challenges there are many strong contenders making this edition more challenging and definitely exciting to watch My journey continues and I am enthusiastic about going back on court and making a lasting impact I am eagerly waiting to be in action in Bengaluru and play infront of the wonderful crowd of Bengaluru I have always enjoyed playing in the city and the Bengaluru Open is one of the nicest events on the challenger tour Always onward and upward expressed NagalSunil Yajaman would continue as the Tournament Director for the sixth edition of the prestigious ATP Challenger event which will be organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association KSLTA at the KSLTA StadiumThe last five editions from 20182023 have thrown different singles winners While Max Purcell had prevailed in an allAustralian final in 2023 Aleksandar Vukic and Tseng Chunhsin emerged winners in the backtoback events in 2022James Duckworth took the title in 2020 and Indias Prajnesh Gunneswaran grabbed the singles trophy in 2018The tournament was not held in 2019 and 2021This 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