If I’m happy, I always look forward to go on court or do the fitness, and you always want to work harder.

He laps it up, smiling politely in every selfie, and courteously signing caps, notebooks, racquets alike. "Nagal had a good 2019 season, which saw him winning the Challenger de Buenos Aires and making the semifinals of five other Challenger events. After four months of no tennis or travel for Sumit Nagal, he is back to doing what he loves the most. I was trying to survive," he said. Bengaluru, the Garden City has been given the privilege of hosting an ATP Challenger event from the 10 - 16 February 2020. Amidst the wave of emotion, he recalls his father saying the words: “Today, you have made us very proud.”It was only then that the youngster remembers his own mood lightening up. Please upgrade your browser. He represents India at the Davis Cup Career Early career. He went onto face the legendary Swiss megastar Roger Federer in what was a dream encounter for the youngster.In the much-talked-about encounter, the 22-year-old bagged a set off Federer before the Swiss maestro got into the groove to win the match 6-4, 1-6, 2-6, 4-6.Three-time US Open champions and current world number one Novak Djokovic headlines the US Open 2020 with the likes of Federer and Rafael Nadal giving the event a miss. "I will try to get my rank as high as possible before the Australian Open. Sumit Nagal celebrates winning the first set against Roger Federer during their men's singles first round match on day one of the 2019 US Open, in New York | AFP . No drop shots allowed, nothing cute or fancy, no fooling around. 23.7k Followers, 71 Following, 264 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Sumit Nagal (@nagalsumit) Sumit Nagal India No.1 The truth is it’s all a lie A kid who is trying to go big in tennis. He didn’t have the knowledge and fitness work meant just running, doing lots of sprints and movement. It is a match he could never have hoped to win, but by no means would he bow out without putting up a fight. The pain did go away, but he needed almost two years to get fit. After the initial struggle with judging the bounce of a tennis ball, Nagal started showing some promise in the game. Even though it’s kind of what you live for, you dream about, playing on the big stage. Those are the biggest wins, and I feel very confident in those, the dogfights.”In Pune, Nagal’s run ends in the quarterfinal after a straight-sets loss to compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan. A boy, not yet 10, takes his place in a queue at the baseline of a tennis court in a government school in New Delhi, awaiting his turn at the top of the line. Nagal sneaked through as top 128 ranked ATP players made the cut with the 22-year-old ranked at 127 in the world currently. I don't want you to put so many hours into something and not be able to live out your dream.’ That's why we chose tennis. Play Like Champions! Of course, I said ‘yes.’”Under Bhupathi’s guidance, Nagal travelled to Canada and later on to Germany, on the way to becoming a talented counter-puncher with a killer forehand. "My son is 'special.' It’s about watching videos and realising what I was feeling like, how my mind was during the match and what I feel like now seeing it again. At the end I probably asked for it because I was young blood, hot blood, you know. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title and became the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title. Sumit Nagal is set to compete in his second Grand Slam main draw after receiving a direct entry into the US Open. You just want to drive fast, ride fast,” he says. Basically put that nervousness somewhere else except the outcome.”Channelling that nervousness elsewhere made room for the remarkable composure Nagal put on display when playing Federer, in front of 21,000 odd fans, in the world’s largest tennis stadium, and then winning the first set against the Swiss maestro, that too in his first ever Grand Slam main draw match. "After the match Federer predicted a "very solid career" for his opponent, who has never earned a tour-level victory, and said Nagal's game was tailor-made for clay courts.The Indian agrees and revealed that he has long idolised his near namesake Rafael Nadal, who has won 12 out of his 19 Grand Slams on the French Open clay. The promise of better days ahead outweighed the high costs of travelling. But I did survive those years. His earnings, during the last four months, had been practically nil because of the cancellation of events globally. The 22-year-old earned a string of new admirers at Flushing Meadows when he came out swinging in his Grand Slam main draw debut to win the opening.Sumit Nagal. In fact, he has been based there throughout the four-month COVID-19 lockdown.To add to his joy, Wimbledon announced a payout to all players despite cancellation. Sumit Nagal struggling for financial aid despite reaching career-high ranking The budding tennis star is surprised that despite zooming up close to the top-100 in world rankings, support has not swelled enough. To be honest, nobody was expecting them to come up with any sort of payment to the players. How can you forget it when it just happened seconds ago?“So now what I do with the (psychologist) is try to find the reason for why I miss a ball. “Flat and hard, use the legs, full racquet-head speed, full body power.

Days felt very long but I was okay with taking some time off early on as I needed it.