Rising Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal’s progress and entry into the highest 100 would rely upon his health and pace, feels Indian tennis legend Anand Amritraj. Nagal made headlines final month after making it to the principle draw of the Australian Open singles earlier than getting knocked out within the second spherical. “Sumit Nagal’s progress depends on his fitness and quickness because he cannot overpower too many people. He has to outlast them and construct the points,” Anand instructed PTI on the sidelines of a Davis Cup celebration occasion on the Madras Cricket Club right here on Monday.

Currently ranked 121 within the ATP singles rating, Anand backed Nagal to make it to the top-100 within the upcoming six months, moreover anticipating him to be an everyday face within the Grand Slams.

“He is very close to making it to the top-100 in the next six months, which will earn him regular chances into the Grand Slams.” Speaking about his recreation, Anand praised Nagal’s floor strokes, his forehand and backhand, however suggested him to work on his serve.

“He was a reserve in my Davis Cup team as the captain in 2018. A very nice boy with a very good ground stroke, much line Somdev (Devvarman).

” He does not have an enormous serve, however he’s very fast and is strong off each forehand and backhand, which makes him a smaller model of Somdev. We want to attend and see how far he can get with that recreation sort.

“I will keep a close eye on him on how much he is improving. His serve needs to get bigger, and he needs one finishing shot – the forehand probably,” he added.

“Nagal, Ramkumar, Sasikumar have potential to make it to top-100” 

Besides Nagal, Anand additionally backed two extra Indian gamers from the Tamil Nadu — Ramkumar Ramanathan and Mukund Sasikumar — to make it to the highest 100 within the coming months.

While he lauded Ramkumar’s serve, he feels that the 29-year-old must work on his forehand and backhand.

“I will tell the same thing about Ramkumar. His serve is big anyway. He needs to improve his first serve percentage and also work on that forehand to put the ball away, besides being more consistent off the backhand.” “Mukund Sasikumar is also very talented. No reason why he cannot be a top-100 player. All three boys have the potential to make it to the top-100. Even if the two of them make it to that level, it would be great for Indian tennis,” he signed off.

Ramkumar and Sasikumar, together with the 26-year-old Nagal, are at the moment collaborating within the Chennai Open ATP Challenger.