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Patna : World No 125 Sumit Nagal, 22, India, tumbled out of Tata Open Maharashtra, an ATP 250 points event, at Pune, Maharashtra, India, on February 3, 2020, losing to World No 191 Viktor Troicki, 33, Serbia, in first round. Troicki, a qualifier, beat Nagal in three sets 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 in 2hr 19 minutes to enter the 2nd round of the tournament.
Trocki fired 9 Aces in the match to 4 by Nagal. The Indian committed 4 double faults to 2 by the Serbian. Trocki won 5 break points in the match to 1 by the Indian. The Serbian also won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by Nagal. The Serbian won 70 service points to 58 by Nagal.
World No 86 Yuichi Sugita, 31, Japan, the 5th seed, defeated World No 134 Thomas Fabbiano, 30, Italy, 6-3, 6-0 in 72 minutes to enter the 2nd round. Sugita won 5 break points to 1 by Fabbiano. He also won 7 games in a row to 2 by Fabbiano. Sugita won 41 service points to 18 by Fabbiano.
World No 149 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, 29, Germany, beat World No 121 Ivo Karlovic, 40, Croatia, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to enter the second round. Karlovic fired 6 Aces in the match to 5 by Stebe. The German won 2 break points besides winning 3 games in a row in the match. Stebe won 46 service points to 30 by the Croatian.