  Sumit Nagal Makes History at Australian Open, Beats Alexander Bublik

[{"selector":"#anim-09aa7e90-63db-4617-80fb-5dc683a8df80 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.1601965100443614%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Sumit Nagal, India's top-ranked men's singles tennis player, surged to a historic victory.

[{"selector":"#anim-23475525-d259-4c73-90c4-19841c8bd5aa [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.333333349110028%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] He defeated 31st-seeded Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 [7-5] in the first round of the Australian Open 2024.

[{"selector":"#anim-106afcf9-a5a9-488d-85e1-b0d597582b43 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-4.757142870503763%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Nagal, World No. 137, easily defeated a player ranked 100 places higher than him.

[{"selector":"#anim-979aff18-a456-42c1-acb6-41871b5e2c2b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.113449233874562%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] He became the first Indian man since Ramesh Krishnan to defeat a seed in a Grand Slam men's singles match.

[{"selector":"#anim-14525bcb-03d7-4271-bb08-02db944993bc [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-6.2837838116082025%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Krishnan defeated then-World No.1 and defending champion Mats Wilander in the second round of the Australian Open back in 1989.

[{"selector":"#anim-1cadde3c-f296-46b5-a85f-c50a5f5272e5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(14.41249503102799%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Notably, Krishnan has defeated a seeded athlete in a Grand Slam singles match four times in his career.

[{"selector":"#anim-49b3ab81-faf6-4b4a-b0da-4c8cf79426a0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-5.011923702464131%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] It happened three times: in the quarterfinals of the 1981 and 1987 US Opens, as well as at Wimbledon in 1986.

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