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Tokyo Olympics: Tennis LIVE Day 1, July 24 — Sumit Nagal wins against Denis Istomin - Updates, score, results, blog
Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal clinched history by defeating Denis Istomin and sailing into the second round!
Sumit Nagal will be in action in the first round of men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics (Source:AFP)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Tennis on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Quite the late and surprise entry at the Tokyo Olympics, India's Sumit Nagal had the stars aligning for him when he earned a last-minute Tokyo seat and qualified for the Men's Singles tennis event at the quadrennial Games. Set to debut now, the 23-year-old Sumit Nagal will be facing Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in his opening round clash. If Sumit manages to play at a quality level today, he will be sailing into the 2nd round where a potential clash against World No. 2 Russian Daniil Medvedev awaits him.
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Live Updates
- 24 July 2021 4:13 AM GMT
Fantastic set from Sumit Nagal!
Needing a gripping 43 minutes to convert the first set, Sumit Nagal steps up at the right moment to take the first set in 6-4. What a start for India!
- 24 July 2021 4:12 AM GMT
Sumit Nagal takes the first set!
WONDERFUL FROM SUMIT NAGAL AS HE BREAKS TO TAKE THE FIRST SET!!!
- 24 July 2021 4:08 AM GMT
Sumit Nagal survives scare!
Nagal manages to hold serve still, phew. What a dangerous game that was.
Sumit leads at 5-4. Can he break the Istomin serve now?
IND - 5
UZB - 4 - 24 July 2021 4:06 AM GMT
Quite a number of back-to-back deuces here on the Sumit Nagal serve. Former World No. 33 Denis Istomin is being successful in putting pressure on the World No. 160 from India.
- 24 July 2021 4:04 AM GMT
Still deuce on the Nagal serve
Sumit Nagal fails to convert the Advantage on the first deuce. We are into the second. This is getting gripping now!
- 24 July 2021 4:02 AM GMT
BREAK POINT FOR ISTOMIN!
Sumit Nagal is facing 2 break points on his serve. Can he back up quickly here?
- 24 July 2021 4:01 AM GMT
Sumit Nagal and Denis Istomin keep toe to toe of each other
Nobody has broken serve so far. We are still going level.
IND - 4
UZB - 4
- 24 July 2021 3:58 AM GMT
Nagal's first serves are paying
Time for some stats so far from the match: Sumit Nagal has his first serve percentage high at 81% while Istomin is struggling a little at 77%.
- 24 July 2021 3:53 AM GMT
Sumit Nagal misses his chance
Sumit Nagal fails to convert the break point opportunity. Denis Istomin levels up. It has been a neck-to-neck affair so far.
IND - 3
UZB - 3
