Sumit Nagal in action during his second round match against Daniil Medvedev of the Russian Olympic Committee. (Reuters)Sumit Nagal was blown away by world number two Daniil Medvedev’s thunderous strokes and serves in the men’s singles second round as India’s tennis challenge all but ended at the Tokyo Games, here on Monday. The gap between a world class Medvedev and Nagal, who is still struggling to play the ATP Tour events regularly, was pretty clear. Medvedev’s powerful strokes from the baseline overwhelmed Nagal, whose game was not enough to trouble a much superior opponent. The match ended when Nagal dropped his serve in the seventh by hitting a forehand long.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2021 06:45 UTC