Chennai Open Tennis: Sumit Nagal Set To Face Top Seed Luca Nardi In Title Clash

The second-seeded Nagal defeated the 21-year-old Czech player Dalibor Svrcina 6-3, 6-4 in a match that lasted nearly two hours to set up a title clash with top seed Luca Nardi of Italy.

The 20-year-old Nardi overcame a stiff challenge from unseeded Chinese Taipei player Chun-Hsin Tseng 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6) in a marathon three-hour encounter.

The 26-year-old Nagal was definitely the better player on the day, serving superbly in the first set and earning a whole lot of points on his second serve.

In the second set, Nagal converted both the break points he earned even as his opponent committed a string of unforced errors.

In an all-Indian men's doubles final, Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated country-mates Rithvik Bollipalli and Niki Poonacha 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 to clinch the title.