Sumit Nagal survives Peter Polansky 7-5 7-6(0) in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after winning a huge battle.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nagal conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Polansky in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Sumit to win the set because the Canadian managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Sumit maintained his cool to break Peter in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (7-5) game.

Notwithstanding also the Canadian won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

2nd set.

Nagal had a strong start of this set after breaking Polansky in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for Sumit to win the set because Peter found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Sumit kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 0.

Notwithstanding also the Canadian won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Nagal and Polansky is 1-0 for Sumit.

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