After spending 10 straight months in the top-100 in the ATP singles rankings, India's Sumit Nagal on Monday dropped out of the much-desired bracket following a string of poor show while veteran Rohan Bopanna lost his place in top-20 due to an early exit from the Australian Open, where he was defending a lot of points. (More Tennis News)
Nagal ma🌠intained his top-100 rank since March 2024 after first breaking into top-100 in February same year on the back of a good show at the first Major of the season.
However, he ꦺhas lost 16 places to 🐽be at number 106 with 565 points in the latest chart.
The feisty tennis player has strug🗹gled on the demanding Tour, of late. Since Wimbledon 2024 in July, Nagal has competed in 18 tournaments managing to win only♕ three main draw matches on the Tour and Challenger circuit.
A top-100 place helps in getting direct entries at the big events, including Grand Slams, where even defeat at early stage of tꦜhe tournament also ensures a decent prize money.
Following Nagal was Sasikumar Mukund at number 365 (+2), Ramkumar Ramanathan (406, -1), Karan Singh 💦(496, -20) and Aryan Sha💝h (593, -9).
In doubles, Bopanna, who is still playing solid tennis at the age of 44, lost five places to be at number 21. Being the Australian Open defending champion, Bopanna had to defend a lot of points in Melbourne, where he lost in the opening ജround with new partner Nicolas Barrie🍒ntos.
Bopanna h♛as featured in top-20 consistಞently since October 3, 2022.
Yuki Bhambri was unchanged at number 47 and following him was N Sriram Balaji (64, +1), Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (79, -7) and A💙rjun Kadhe (83, +1).
Mukund, Ramkumar, Balaji Karan Singh and Bollipalli are part of the Indian Davis Cup squad that will ﷽take on Togo in the World Group I Play-off tie on February 1-2.
Nagal and Bha🍷mbri did not make themselves a⛄vailable for the match.
