Sumit Nagal is just one match away from making the Australian Open 2024 main draw. The 26-year-old claimed an easy straight-set win over hometown wildcard Edward Winter to easily pass through round two of qualifying.
Nagal has been in fine form this week and is yet to drop a set. He beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux of France in the last round and will face either John Millman or Alex Molcan in the final round of qualifying.
Sumit Nagal is continuing from where he left off in 2023. The player ranked 139 enjoyed a successful season after disappointing results in 2020 and 2021. He ended the year with 46 wins, 13 of which came on hard courts.
Sumit Nagal: Road to Australia Open 2024 main draw
Qualifying Round 1: beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3, 7-5
Qualifying Round 2: beat Edward Winter 6-3, 6-2
Qualifying Round 3: John Millman or Alex Molcan
Sumit Nagal has breezed through his first couple of rounds and will either face John Millman or Alex Molcan for a chance to go through to the main draw. Millman is a former world number 33 with a win over Roger Federer and a quarterfinal at the US Open, while Molcan was previously ranked 38 and has reached round 2 of the Australian Open twice.
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