India’s ace tennis player Sumit Nagal went down fighting against Argentina’s Mariano Navone in the round of 16 of men’s singles at the Swedish Open on Thursday, July 18. Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji also faced a first-round elimination in the German Cup in their final preparations for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.

Sumit Nagal, Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji are set to represent India in badminton at the Summer Olympics in Paris starting on July 26. Nagal is named in the squad for the men’s singles event while Bopanna and Balaji will represent in the men’s doubles in the Paris Games. 

The home favourites Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner registered an easy win of 1-6, 4-6 over the Indian pair in the round of 16 match in the German Open while Argentina’s Mariano Navone, ATP-ranked 32, knocked out Nagal in the men’s singles at Swedish Open today.

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