It will not be covered in any media. It will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in his country, India, even if he makes history in his own way by becoming the first tennis player from his country to beat a seed in the individual draw of a Grand Slam tournament. in Kazakh Alexander Bublik31st seeded, 6-4, 6-2 and 7-6 (5).
This has not happened since 1989, when Ramesh Krishnan beat at the Australian Open Mats Wilander. India has a tradition in the world of rackets, with more recent strength in doubles thanks to renowned veterans like Rohan Bopanna or Leander Paes, who won individual Olympic bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Sumit Nagal He feels helpless, despite being the Indian number one in men’s professional tennis for several seasons. In September 2023, he cried for help through The Time of India, where he said he had “900 euros in my bank account, the same amount as at the beginning of the season. A coach costs approx. 80 lakh a year ($90,000), and I don’t travel with a physiotherapist).
He showed the other side of tennis when he fell in the ranking, leaving the top-500. Based in Germany, he had to leave his training center, the Nansel Tennis Academy, run by his coach, for a few months. Sascha Nansel near Hanover. He returned to India to cut costs.
The situation improved by winning several Challenger tournaments, regaining ranking positions. “It ended up being a good year, I finished inside the top-130.” Now he will improve on his 137th place.
The 900 euros grew as he entered more important tournaments and improved his results. In Melbourne, it almost saved the year from an economic point of view. He got 180,000 Australian dollars, about 100,000 euros.
His total income on the circuit is 733,000 US dollars before taxes, “but everything I earned I went to invest in my career. A trainer costs about 80 lakh a year ($90,000), and not I travel with a physiotherapist” .
As a child he wanted to play cricket but his father brought him to the tennis racket. “I’m not crying, but I haven’t assimilated it yet. I’ve worked hard with my team,” he said in Melbourne.
He wants to focus on what’s to come, a duel with 18-year-old Chinese Juncheng Shang, without the big celebrations. “I want to live in the moment, talk to my coach and maybe have a burger to end the night.”
An antihero who experiences the ups and downs of not being a top tennis player. Almost no one, except himself, remembered that he had scratched a set Roger Federer at the 2019 US Open, when he made his Grand Slam debut.
“It’s in the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 that you make money. Otherwise, you make very little or lose money,” said Nagal, who got help from the Maha Foundation and the fuel company IOCL, which paid him monthly payment so that he can continue to fight in tennis. Now taste your reward.
Source: La Verdad
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