New Delhi: India's rising tennis player Sumit Nagal has made a quantum jump in tennis world rankings. With this leap, he has reached the best ranking of his career. Nagal has climbed six places to 129th position in the world rankings, which is his career-best ranking. 22-year-old Nagal is still in a good rhythm and he got the advantage of reaching the semi-finals of ATP Challenger Campinas in Brazil last week.
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Nagel jumped 26 places to 135th place after winning the Buenosiers ATP Challenger Clay tournament title in Argentina last month. The young Haryana player came into the limelight after giving a tough fight to 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer in the first round of the US Open. The ranking of other Indian players has also improved. Prajnesh Gunneswaran has moved up two places to 82nd and Ramkumar Ramanathan has moved up one place to the 182nd position. Divij Sharan has become India's number one player in doubles.
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He has moved up three places to 42nd place, while Rohan Bopanna has dropped one place to 44th position. Leander Paes has also dropped four places to 82nd position. Sumit Nagal created history by owning the title of Buenos Aires ATP Challenger in the same month. This is the first ATP Challenger title by an Indian in this season. At the same time, Nagal also became the first player from Asia to win this title.
