Right on the day of the Indian Wells Masters 2024 officially started, the fans fans had to receive unhappy news. Accordingly, Rafael Nadal has just decided to withdraw from the tournament. The Spaniard said he was not ready to play at the highest level.
With Viet Nadal withdrew, another player was given the opportunity to play in the main round. It is the Indian star – Sumit Nagal. In qualifying 1, Nagal defeated Stefan Dostonic before losing to Hong Seong-chan in the 2nd qualifying round.
Notably, Sumit Nagal is no longer a strange name for Vietnamese fans. He used to be the teammate of Ly Hoang Nam to win the men's double championship in the Wimbledon 2015 youth tournament. After this title, the Indian star played more and more advanced and has risen to 122 in the world by 2020.
In November 2021, Nagal had hip surgery after injury encountered in the US Open qualifiers. This made him take a break for a long time and had a lot of financial difficulties. The Indian player then returned strongly and once entered the second round of Australia to expand early this year.
