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Delhi Open 2026: Sumit Nagal Reaches Second Round, Top Seed Dane Sweeny Sent Packing
David Jorda Sanchis: India’s top-ranked player Sumit Nagal advanced to the second round of the men’s singles event of the Delhi Open 2026, which suffered a major upset as top seed Dane Sweeny of Australia was knocked out in his opening-round match by Kazakhstan’s Beibit Zhukayev.
Nagal defeated David Jorda Sanchis of Spain to keep the local hopes alive on the ATP Challenger 75 event, now in its sixth edition, which is being held at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi, with the final scheduled for February 22, with 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams competing for the title.
Nagal, ranked No. 297 in the world, broke Spain’s Sanchis in the opening game of the first set and maintained his advantage to take it 6-3. The second set proved more competitive, with both players holding serve until the Indian secured the decisive break in the 11th game and served out the match 6-3, 7-5 in one hour and 27 minutes.
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