Sumit defeated 2023 Asian Games bronze medallist Seongchan Hong of South Korea in the second round 6-4, 6-0, while Suresh registered a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over Indonesia's Gunawan Trismuwantara.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sumit and Hong's match was stopped on Monday due to weather conditions, while Sumit was 3-2 up in the first set. The Korean staged a comeback and won the first eight points on resumption on Tuesday as Sumit was trailing 3-4 in the opener. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, the former World No.68 Indian went on to win nine straight games to seal the set, and later the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sumit had lost to Hong in the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells qualifying round 6-2, 2-6, 6-7 (4). Coming into the Asian Games, Nagal had lost two singles matches in India's 1-3 Davis Cup defeat to South Korea. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He went down to Hyeon Chung 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, while he also lost to Soonwoo Kwon in the singles event 1-6, 2-6. Nagal will next face Uzbekistan\u2019s Sergey Fomin in the next round at the Asian Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Suresh had a close-fought encounter against the Indonesian on his Asian Games debut. He took a closely fought first set 7-5 after breaking Gunawan. He had a strong 80% win percentage on the first serve, which was a strong 82% on the second serve in the first set, while Gunawan won 72% of points on first serve and 33% on second serve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He went down to Hyeon Chung 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, while he also lost to Soonwoo Kwon in the singles event 1-6, 2-6. Nagal will next face Uzbekistan\u2019s Sergey Fomin in the next round at the Asian Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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