For the first time since 1998, two Indian have qualified for the singles in the grand slam. 22-YO Sumit Nagal defeated Brazilian Joao Menezes to set up a first-round clash with 20 times grand slam winner Roger.
Read: Roger Federer Has Only Good Things To Say About Sumit Nagal, As India Admire His Spirit
Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the another Indian in the singles who will be playing Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed in the world. Gunneswaran will play at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Monday at 09:45 pm IST. This stadium can be occupied by 14,053 spectators.
Sumit Nagal played 3 qualifiers to confirm his US Open ticket. He will face No. 3 seed Roger Federer in his first-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday at 05:45 am IST. The stadium has a 23,771 capacity, which is the largest in the world.
AND HE DID IT!
22-year-old Sumit Nagal through to the main draw of the #USOpen2019. He will face Roger Federer in first round.
the last time two Indian men’s singles players were in the main draw was in 1998: Bhupati & Leander in Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/QgSt6rbheH
— Hari Priya CR (@cr_hariPriya) August 24, 2019
I was just talking to Sumit Nagal of India after he advanced through #USOpen qualies and he said he really wanted to have the chance to draw Roger Federer and… he got his wish!!
— Randy Walker (@TennisPublisher) August 23, 2019
Most emotional match point of the day that I saw…India’s Sumit Nagal. Great crowd support and you could tell what the moment meant for him. Saw another tweet say that he was only the 5th Indian man to make a GS main draw in a decade. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/HZkR3NDZhU
— Rachel Dulitz (@racheldulitz) August 24, 2019
Congratulations to 22 year old Sumit Nagal for qualifying into the US Open main draw, the youngest Indian to qualify for a Slam main draw in 25 years!
— Prasenjit K. Basu (@PrasenjitKBasu) August 23, 2019
In the women’s singles, two former worlds no 1 will battle each other. Sarena Williams and Maria Sharapova. The biggest draw in the first round in which one of the former world no 1 will be out. The two will face each other at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday at 04:30 am IST.
The two arch-rivals in the tennis court Roger and Rafa will only meet in finals of the US Open, unlike other grand slams.
No 1 seed Noval Djokovic will face Carballés Baena in his first-round game whereas no 2 seed Rafael Nadal will face John Millman.
