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India's Nagal wins Wimbledon boys' doubles title
Wimbledon, July 12
Indian tennis player Sumit
Nagal etched his name in the history books on Sunday by winning the
Wimbledon boys' doubles title with Vietnamese partner Nam Hoang Ly.
The
17-year-old Nagal and Ly, seeded eighth, defeated American-Japanese
fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7-6(4), 6-4 in the final
in an hour and three minutes on No.1 Court of the All England Club.
Both
pairs broke each other once to push the first set in to the tie-breaker
where Nagal and Ly proved a tad bit better to win the set and take the
lead in the match.
The eighth seeds were offered only one
breakpoint opportunity in the second set which they grabbed with open
hands to get the break of serve and win the set and the match.
The New Delhi-born, right-handed player had also entered the boys'
singles competition. However, he was ousted from the category in only
the opener when he lost to Argentinean Juan Pablo Ficovich in three
sets.