Sumit Nagal created history, wins the title of 'Buenos Aires ATP Challenger'
Sumit Nagal created history, wins the title of 'Buenos Aires ATP Challenger'
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Buenos Aires: India's newly emerging tennis player Sumit Nagal has won the title of Buenos Aires ATP Challenger. He has made history. Nagal has also become the first player from Asia to win the title. With this title, Sumit Nagal has gained 26 places in the ranking. He has reached 135 which is the best ranking of his career.

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This is the first ATP Challenger title by an Indian this season. This is the second Challenger title in Nagal's career. Prior to this, he had won the Bangalore Challenger title in 2017. World number 161 Nagal defeated world number 166 host Facundo Bagnis 6-4, 6-2 in the title match. Earlier in the semi-finals, he defeated Brazilian world number 108 Thiago Monteiro 6–0, 6–1. Nagal was seeded seventh in this tournament.

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Apart from Nagal, Pablo Cuevas, Kyle Edmund and Pablo Andujar are the only non-Argentine players to have won the title. With this, Nagal has also become the first Indian to win the clay title on South American soil. Nagal came into the world when he defeated 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer in the first set of the match in the first round of the US Open.

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