Sumit Nagal clinches title

August 29, 2016 11:50 pm | Updated 11:50 pm IST - POZNAN (POLAND):

Sumit Nagal.

Sumit Nagal.

Sumit Nagal capped his glorious run at the $25,000 Talex Open ITF men’s Futures tournament by clinching the singles title with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory in the final over second seed Daniel Masure of Germany here on Sunday.

The win will fetch the 19-year-old Indian 27 ranking points.

In the $10,000 ITF women’s tournament at Sharm el-Shaikh, Dhruthi Venugopal fell at the penultimate hurdle, losing her singles semifinal match to Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova 7-5, 6-3.

Though as consolation, she won the doubles title with Sharrmadaa Baluu, defeating the Portuguese British duo of Ines Murta and Mirabelle Njoze 6-3, 6-3.

The results: Men: $25,000 Futures, Poland: Singles: Final: Sumit Nagal bt Daniel Masur (Ger) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Women: $10,000, Egypt: Singles: Semifinal: Tereza Mihalikova (Svk) bt Dhruthi Venugopal 7-5, 6-3;

Doubles: Final: Sharrmadaa Baluu & Dhruthi bt Ines Murta (Por) & Mirabelle Njoze (Gbr) 6-3, 6-3.

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