Sumit Nagal moves into quarterfinals of ATP Challenger

Sumit Nagal has stormed into the Men's singles semi-finals of ATP Challenger Campinas in Brazil. He will face Argentinian Juan Ficovich, who defeated Nicolas Alvarez of Peru in another quarter-final by 6-1, 6-3 in one hour and 20 minutes.

 

Sumit Nagal defeated 13th seed Francisco Cerundolo by 7-6 (2), 7-5 in the quarter-final of the ATP Challenger.



With the win, Nagal now has the highest number of semi-final appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour this year.

At the back of this win, Nagal also moved to the world No.129 spot in the ATP live rankings. After winning the Challenger title in Argentina last week, Nagal had moved to a career-best ranking of 135.