Sumit Nagal was put via his sternest take a look at but by Coleman Wong however the second seeded Indian had sufficient grunt in him to struggle previous the Hong Kong man to enter the quarterfinals of the Bengaluru Open on Thursday. Nagal received 6-2, 7-5 after an hour and 46 minutes of intense battle. But the start belied the struggles awaited Nagal within the later levels of the match. Nagal continued the sample of incomes an early break when he went up 2-0 within the opening set. But it was not all clean crusing because the 26-year-old needed to battle previous from 0-30 down within the very subsequent recreation to carry his serve.

Nagal bought one other break within the eighth recreation to bag the primary set 6-2.

But the 19-year-old Wong had extra struggle in him within the second set.

After the primary 4 video games glided by serve, the Hong Kong participant broke Nagal within the fifth recreation, and it was the primary time the Indian dropped his serve on this event.

Wong discovered his serves and floor pictures going throughout this passage, as Nagal seemed a tad perplexed by the surprising fightback.

However, the world No. 98 broke again within the sixth recreation itself to revive the parity at 3-3, although it was extra the results of his rival committing a few unforced errors.

In the seventh recreation, Nagal discovered himself 0-40 down as Wong pulled out a few effective winners on both flank of the court docket.

But Nagal lifted his recreation by a notch at this second to make it a deuce and a few factors later he managed to carry the serve to go 4-3 up.

The Indian star obtained an excellent probability to shut out the sport within the tenth recreation when he went up 40-15 on Wong;s serve.

But Wong saved each the match factors, hammering an ace down the center first and adopted it up with one other bazooka serve that Nagal did not retrieve from his backhand.

Wong ultimately held his serve when Nagal drove a backhand into the web.

But Nagal didn’t miss his third match level which got here within the twelfth recreation.

Up 40-30, Nagal was pushed to a nook by Wong’s sturdy volley, however the former champion discovered sufficient house to squeeze in a forehand cross court docket winner to lastly stroll off the court docket with a relived smile on his face.

Results (Singles, Pre-Quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal (2) beat Coleman Wong 6-2, 7-5, Stefano Napolitano (7) beat Vasek Pospisil 6-4 4-6 6-4, Moez Echargui beat Enrico Dalla Valle 6-2 6-2, Adam Walton (5) beat Gauthier Onclin 6-2 6-2.