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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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