Nagal to play Olympics despite injury

[sureshs]

Sumit Nagal, India's only singles participant in the tennis event of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, has been handed a fairly difficult draw.

Nagal, who is making his debut at the Games, has had a mediocre 2021 season so far; the Indian has won 18 matches against 17 losses. It should also be noted that Nagal is currently dealing with an small injury, which could have implications if he goes deep in the draw.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sumit Nagal's projected opponents as per the draw (sportskeeda.com)

 

[Tennisfan339]

He could face Medvedev in the second round. I'm sure it's a match nobody will want to miss

 

[Checkmate]

@sureshs

Will Nagal target Istomin's BH?

 

[Deleted member 629564]

He could face Medvedev in the second round. I'm sure it's a match nobody will want to miss

I believe we should consider Nagal vs Medvedev as a premature final.

I wish Novak played Tokyo.
So sad he chose the Gstaad tournament.

Dennis Novak just lost to Casper Ruud

In the round of 16 in Gstaad

www.tennisnet.com

 

[Forehanderer]

Ah sureshs with his tricks again. As tricky as his backhand overhead volley

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Nagal is a 1R slight underdog.

But there are still good chances to face Medvedev in 2R. Hope he'll advance.

 

[Jonesy]

Bamos Nagal!

 

[stringertom]

@sureshs

Will Nagal target Istomin's BH?

The Nagal has zero chance 1R because anti-Istomins are a banned substance at the Olympics.

 

[BeanTownCoolCat]

Novak playing on clay now while Nagal in Tokyo. What’s wrong with these people?

 

[Antonio Puente]

Novak playing on clay now

Saves us from the obligatory "Novak out of Olympics" thread.

 

[norcal]

unweeweebable.

 

[bnjkn]

This is great news!

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Novak playing on clay now while Nagal in Tokyo. What’s wrong with these people?

Saves us from the obligatory "Novak out of Olympics" thread.

I've created "Novak skips 2020 Olympics" thread as Novak decided to play Gstaad instead of Tokyo.
But my thread has been deleted.
With no reason.
This is sad.

 

[Swingmaster]

Ah sureshs with his tricks again. As tricky as his backhand overhead volley

He should've backed up the sneaky headline with more stuff that could've been interpreted as Nadal info. Missed opportunity.

 

[Third Serve]

The horse is already dead bro, stop beating it

 

[Halba]

nagal v nadal would be an interesting match at some point. his indian namesake. lol!

 

[stringertom]

nagal v nadal would be an interesting match at some point. his indian namesake. lol!

fedr was disoriented 1R USO’19 and lost the first set before realizing he was facing a right handed Nagal instead of a left handed Nadal. Once he figured out it wasn’t his BFF across the net he got dialed in and won in 4.

 

[stringertom]

He should've backed up the sneaky headline with more stuff that could've been interpreted as Nadal info. Missed opportunity.

The horse is already dead bro, stop beating it

@sureshs is very jealous that the original SoBad thread is still universally accepted as the gold standard in April Fools-style thread titles. The thread was perfectly timed because Nagal played and lost R16 at the Rome’16 Challenger 2 on 4 May. This result was the week before Italian Open so it would have been shocking news that Nadal had decided during Madrid to skip Rome.

 

[Deleted member 762343]

Poor Nagal, he's an injured person who plays tennis.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Sumit Nagal, India's only singles participant in the tennis event of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, has been handed a fairly difficult draw.

Nagal, who is making his debut at the Games, has had a mediocre 2021 season so far; the Indian has won 18 matches against 17 losses. It should also be noted that Nagal is currently dealing with an small injury, which could have implications if he goes deep in the draw.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sumit Nagal's projected opponents as per the draw (sportskeeda.com)

The biggest achievement of his career by far was to take a set from compromised federer at USO, gentleman.
Its really a shame that a country with population more than entire EU combined, can't even produce one nice player.

 

[Raul_SJ]

The biggest achievement of his career by far was to take a set from compromised federer at USO, gentleman.
Its really a shame that a country with population more than entire EU combined, can't even produce one nice player.

Just an awful player... Was Fed injured?

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Just an awful player... Was Fed injured?

Afaik he was compromised as he lost to Dimitrov of all people in QF.
Neck or back injury as far as I recall, gentleman.

 

[CyBorg]

Novak pulled out though.

 

[Swingmaster]

@sureshs is very jealous that the original SoBad thread is still universally accepted as the gold standard in April Fools-style thread titles. The thread was perfectly timed because Nagal played and lost R16 at the Rome’16 Challenger 2 on 4 May. This result was the week before Italian Open so it would have been shocking news that Nadal had decided during Madrid to skip Rome.

Well, despite the poor execution, he can take comfort in the fact that a handful of people viewed this thread without having been there for the gold standard. I don't know much about this mythical Sureshs character, but I do remember taking note of his tendency to predict great things for young players following impressive wins.

 

[stringertom]

The biggest achievement of his career by far was to take a set from compromised federer at USO, gentleman.
Its really a shame that a country with population more than entire EU combined, can't even produce one nice player.

@sureshs is hurt by your harsh proclamation. He claims to be a world cla.s.s tennis talent. While he pliés for the USA these days he was born and raised on the Indian subcontinent.

#SureshsForGoldTokyo’21

 

[stringertom]

Well, despite the poor execution, he can take comfort in the fact that a handful of people viewed this thread without having been there for the gold standard. I don't know much about this mythical Sureshs character, but I do remember taking note of his tendency to predict great things for young players following impressive wins.

Sureshs’ greatest talent in the prediction category is his uncanny success at jinxing The Nadal with premature celebratory statements/threads at the slams. This started with his magnum opus Cincinnati - The Real Slam thread that singlehandedly promoted the M1K to slam status here at TTW. Posted before the 2009 SFs that featured the top 4 players, he predicted in his OP that he had a feeling that “the guy with the elegant strokes” would not win. The weekend was a dud with all three matches won in straight sets (fedr over Murray, ND; Nadal out to ND in the SF). The thread was the best part of the weekend and still has legs every August.

 

[Swingmaster]

Sureshs’ greatest talent in the prediction category is his uncanny success at jinxing The Nadal with premature celebratory statements/threads at the slams. This started with his magnum opus Cincinnati - The Real Slam thread that singlehandedly promoted the M1K to slam status here at TTW. Posted before the 2009 SFs that featured the top 4 players, he predicted in his OP that he had a feeling that “the guy with the elegant strokes” would not win. The weekend was a dud with all three matches won in straight sets (fedr over Murray, ND; Nadal out to ND in the SF). The thread was the best part of the weekend and still has legs every August.

The jinxing prowess means that he at least has some power in him. Sureshs, if you're reading this, what do you think about that Indian-American boy who just won Junior Wimbledon? Will he continue to represent America or will he chase the easy money in India?

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Nagal training.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1418153618457255942

 

[BeanTownCoolCat]

The jinxing prowess means that he at least has some power in him. Sureshs, if you're reading this, what do you think about that Indian-American boy who just won Junior Wimbledon? Will he continue to represent America or will he chase the easy money in India?

What is “jinxing”??

That boy committed to Princeton already, didn’t he? Kind of reminds me another Asian American player Claire Liu who won Wimby Jr. a few yrs ago. Now struggling in WTA pro circle.

 

[steenkash]

I hope he plays Novak in the final, but I think Austria will take gold this time.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

@sureshs is hurt by your harsh proclamation. He claims to be a world cla.s.s tennis talent. While he pliés for the USA these days he was born and raised on the Indian subcontinent.

#SureshsForGoldTokyo’21

Good joke

 

[stringertom]

Good joke

Yes, sureshs always makes me smile!

 

[Swingmaster]

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What is “jinxing”??

That boy committed to Princeton already, didn’t he? Kind of reminds me another Asian American player Claire Liu who won Wimby Jr. a few yrs ago. Now struggling in WTA pro circle.

Oh, I didn't see that he committed. Well, he can still represent Indian. I wouldn't blame him. He probably should. But maybe he just wants to be a rocket scientist.

 

[sureshs]

The Nagal has zero chance 1R because anti-Istomins are a banned substance at the Olympics.

@stringertom Thanks for providing Claritin on this issue

 

[sureshs]

The jinxing prowess means that he at least has some power in him. Sureshs, if you're reading this, what do you think about that Indian-American boy who just won Junior Wimbledon? Will he continue to represent America or will he chase the easy money in India?

Samir Bannerji? He will play for the US.

India had a few foreign players of Indian origin wanting to play DC or BJC for them, but they did not allow them. So I don't think he will be welcome on any Indian squad.

 

[Swingmaster]

Samir Bannerji? He will play for the US.

India had a few foreign players of Indian origin wanting to play DC or BJC for them, but they did not allow them. So I don't think he will be welcome on any Indian squad.

Really? Hmm. Even if he becomes a big time prospect? What would the perception of him be in India if he chose to represent the country in regular, non team events? Would they not treat him like a national star? Seems like every other country would have no problem with it. Is India a little different in that regard? Do they prefer their players to be homegrown?

 

[stringertom]

@stringertom Thanks for providing Claritin on this issue

Did you tear up when Naomi was revealed to be the lighter of the cauldron?

She needs your counseling on how to handle the pressures of being a tennis superstar.

 

[aman92]

And Nagal defeats Istomin in his first match!

 

[Nole_The_Champion]

 

[Deleted member 629564]

That's very unfortunate for Nagal.

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Sumit is excited.
That's good.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1419252567788326912

 

[Biotic]

Sumit is excited.
That's good.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1419252567788326912

Good enough for a 6-2, 6-1 loss.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Nagal is bae

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Shocker in R32.
Nagal out of Olympics.

 

[sureshs]

Really? Hmm. Even if he becomes a big time prospect? What would the perception of him be in India if he chose to represent the country in regular, non team events? Would they not treat him like a national star? Seems like every other country would have no problem with it. Is India a little different in that regard? Do they prefer their players to be homegrown?

Yes. There were objections raised by local politicians about this. I believe also that the statutes governing this do not allow anyone other than a citizen of India to play for the country.

 

[D.Nalby12]

Med will be too much for him to handle.

 

[Swingmaster]

Yes. There were objections raised by local politicians about this. I believe also that the statutes governing this do not allow anyone other than a citizen of India to play for the country.

But if he became a citizen, would they accept and celebrate him then?

 

[Swingmaster]

Nagal is bae

He looks like a horrible person on the bottom left and a nice person on the bottom right. On top he looks like a player who should have a weapon but doesn't.