Sumit Nagal wins Tampere Open title, grabs fourth career Challenger trophy | Tennis News

NEW DELHI: Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal secured a remarkable victory at the Tampere Open on Sunday by defeating Dalibor Svrcina from the Czech Republic in a straight sets battle. Nagal displayed his prowess on the court, triumphing over Svrcina with a scoreline of 6-4, 7-5.

This victory marked Nagal’s fourth ATP Challenger title in an impressive streak of five tournaments. It was his second title of the year, as he had previously clinched the Garden Open in Rome back in April.
The final match wasn’t without its challenges for Nagal, who faced a shaky start, losing his initial serve game while Svrcina took a commanding lead of 3-0, later extending it to 4-1.

However, the Indian immediately regained his composure and broke back successively on three instances to send the Czech onto the backfoot, as the seventh-seeded Indian seized the opening set 6-4, thanks to some great play from the baseline.
Having shown composure in the latter stages of the opening set, Nagal started positively in the following set and broke Svrcina to race to a 4-1 lead. However, the fifth-seed Czech used his smartness and instantly broke back to have things back on serve.
Regardless, the break wasn’t enough to trouble Nagal, as he upped his ante and re-broke Svrcina, eventually taking a 5-3 lead.
Svrcine was in no mood to go down without a fight, and engaged in some brutal exchange of shots during the Indian’s serve and broke back again for a glimmer of hope to take the match to the decider.
But, it appeared to be that kind of day for Svrcina where he put his best, only to be quickly overpowered by Nagal.
At 5-5, Nagal broke Svrcine yet again, leading 6-5. Serving it out for the championship, the Czech engaged in some last-gasp power-hitting and saved three match points. Finally, he fell in the fourth match point, as the Indian closed the contest in an hour and 44 minutes.
(With PTI Inputs)