Sumit Nagal gets by Filip Horansky 7-61 6-2 in the semifinal in Banja Luka Challenger on Saturday. Nagal will clash against Tallon Griekspoor in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Indian won the set after he broke Horansky 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Horansky tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, the Indian refused to give way before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 1.
2nd set.
Horansky started the set strong after breaking Nagal in the 1st game (1-0). However, Sumit refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Horansky 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Indian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Indian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Sumit scored 69 points vs. Filip’s 59 points.
Nagal was effective when converting 88% of the break points that he conquered (7/8). On the other side, Filip was effective in converting 63% of the break points that he procured points (5/8). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Nagal and Horansky is 1-1.
Next Match: Sumit Nagal vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Nagal will square off with Griekspoor in the final.
There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Sumit NagalNagal – Filip HoranskyHoransky (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – See H2H details
