Sumit Nagal

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Sumit Nagal is an Indian Tennis player. He is the sixth Indian to win a Junior Grand Slam. Nagal shot to fame when he faced Roger Federer in the 2019 US Open. Sumit Nagal with his ATP Challenger Trophy.In his childhood, he mostly used to play cricket, but his father wanted him to pursue tennis; as he wanted him to do something unique.Soon after joining tennis, he started loving the game. His school coach became very impressed with his skills in the game and advised his father to get him professional training.At the age of 7, his family moved to Delhi, where his father enrolled Sumit in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Tennis Academy to be professionally trained.He performed very well in the DDA academy. Sumit also won his first tennis tournament at the age of 8. Sumit Nagal after winning a tennis tournament during his childhood.When Sumit was 10 years old, Mahesh Bhupathi, along with other international tennis players, started a talent hunt- Mission 2018, an initiative to find, train, and produce Indias first singles Grand Slam winner by 2018.Sumits father took him to Bangalore to participate in Mission 2018. There were more than 5,000 participants at the event, of which Sumit was one of the youngest players. Sumit was selected along with 2 other players after Bhupathi watched him play.Reportedly, in an interview, his father said that he did not think Sumit would get selected; as there were thousands of other participants who were much older than him.Bhupathi started to train Sumit, but the programme got shut down after 2 years. Bhupathi stopped training him, but he backed him financially, even after the programme ended. Sumit Nagal during his younger days.Former Canadian tennis player and coach, Bobby Mahal, had seen Sumit train with Bhupathi. When Bhupathis programme ended abruptly, Bobby Mahal invited Sumit to train with him in Canada.