Sumit Nagal became blown away by way of world wide variety two Daniil Medvedev's thunderous strokes and serves inside the men's singles 2nd spherical as India's tennis project all however ended on the Tokyo Games, right here on Monday.
The Russian did no longer even need his 'A' sport as he cruised to a 6-2 6-1 win in only sixty six minutes towards 160th ranked Nagal at courtroom 1 of the Ariake Tennis Centre.
The gap between a global elegance Medvedev and Nagal, who's nevertheless suffering to play the ATP Tour events frequently, was quite clear.
The Australian Open runner-up without problems controlled the game at the same time as Nagal tried hard.
Nagal had earned his second beneath highlight whilst he took a fixed off Swiss top notch Roger Federer on the 2019 US Open on his Grand Slam debut.
Nagal commenced by dropping his serve inside the first actual recreation of the match when he netted a backhand and suit ended while his forehand sailed over the baseline on in shape point whilst helping stay inside the contest.
Medvedev's powerful strokes from the baseline crushed Nagal, whose sport turned into no longer enough to trouble a far superior opponent.
The Indian managed to hit some winners however they have been only a few. The fit ended while Nagal dropped his serve in the 7th with the aid of hitting a forehand long.
Nagal had gained his first spherical against Uzbekistan Denis Istomin for India's first guys's singles win at Olympics in 25 years.
Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina were knocked out of the ladies's doubles first round after dominating the contest on Sunday.
It is especially not going that India may be capable of discipline a team in combined occasion, the entries for with a view to be announced on Tuesday.
The cut is probable to be around 50 and blended ranking of the Indian gamers Nagal (144) and Mirza (nine) is 153.
India couldn't area a men's doubles team due to Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan's low blended rank of 113.
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