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Australian Open 2025: India's Sumit Nagal To Face Czech Republic's Tomas Machac In First Round

🍎 A win over Machac for Nagal could mean a second-round fixture against big-serving American Reilly Opelka

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India's Sumit Nagal in action at the Australian Open 2024 qualifying tennis tournament in Melbourne. (File Photo)
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India's highest-ranked singles tennis player Sumit Nagal will take on Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic in the opening round of the Australian Open, beginning on Sunday. (Streaming | More Tennis News)

ꦆThe 27-year-old Nagal, currently 96th on the ATP, made it to the main draw of the season-opening Grand Slam by virtue of being among the 104 highest-ranked players in the world.

The player from Haryana, then ranked 137th, had scored a stunning straight-sets win over No. 27 Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in the opening round of the Australian Open 🅰last year before going down to China's Juncheng Shang.

🍌He made an early exit in the Auckland ASB Classic -- a tuneup event for the Australian Open -- on Monday losing to USA's Alex Michelsen 7-6 (8), 4-6, 2-6 in a gruelling two-hour, 40-minute battle.

ജNagal was in the news recently for once again refusing to play for the country in the Davis Cup.

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