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Tokyo 2020: Nagal beats Istomin, record India's first singles win since 1996
Updated On: 24 July, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Tokyo | IANS
Nagal won the first set 6-4 in 42 minutes but lost the second set in tie-breaker in 71 minutes. He, however, came back to win the final set in 41 minutes with a 6-4 margin
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Sumit Nagal. Picture/ AFP
India's lone hope in men's tennis singles Sumit Nagal powered to a 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round here at the Ariake Tennis Court on Saturday.
Nagal's win was the first for an Indian men's singles tennis player at the Olympics since Leander Paes' bronze medal-winning run at Atlanta 1996.
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