Sumit Nagal qualifies for US Open main draw, to face Federer in 1st round

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Patna : World No 190 Sumit Nagal, 22, India, has qualified for the US Open main draw. It will be his first appearance at a Grand Slam event. Nagal qualified for the US Open main draw after winning the third round of qualifiers.  Nagal will face World No 3 and winner of 20 Grand Slam titles Roger Federer, 38, Switzerland, in the first round of US Open on August 27, 2019.

The Indian defeated World No 210 Joao Menezes, 22, Brazil, in a three-set thriller 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 coming from behind in the third round of qualifiers on August 23, 2019, night. Nagal had defeated World No 133 Tatsuma Ito, Japan, in the first round of qualifying event an World No 192 Peter Polansky, 31, Canada, in the second round of qualifiers.

India No 1 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, 29, the World No 89, will face World N0 5 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, in the first round of US Open. Medvedev had defeated World N0 1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia, in the semi-finals of Cincinnati Masters, USA, on August 18, 2019.