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Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal, who rose to fame earlier this year at the Australian Open 2024, took to X (formerly twitter) to get an appointment for the UK visa. The World No. 80 ranked Indian, earlier this year became the first player from the country to enter the second round of the AO2024.
The 26-year-old took to X, pleading for an urgent appointment for a UK visa after he failed to get one. He also extended his request to the concerned officers, adding that he wants to represent India at Wimbledon this year. “Hi @UKinIndia, @VFSGlobal, and Respected @CScottFCDO Ma’am I am in urgent need of a UK Visa appointment in New Delhi to represent India at Wimbledon this year. However, I’m unable to find any appointments, could you kindly assist me urgently? Thank you!” he captioned his post on X.
Just in some hours' time, the concerned authority for the UK visa contacted the Indian youngster. This was confirmed after Nagal deleted his previous post and in a new post lauded the effort. “Thank you @CScottFCDO Ma’am, @UKinIndia, and @VFSGlobal for your swift response on my UK visa appointment request. Really appreciate your help!”
The Wimbledon 2024, which will mark the 100th year anniversary, will be played from July 1-14 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
Sumit Nagal jumps to career high World No. 80 in latest ATP Rankings
The 26-year-old Sumit Nagal after his recent performance at the Monte Carlo Masters, jumped to his career high rankings of World No. 80. Nagal beat Italy’s Flavio Cobolli and Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta to qualify for the main draw. With this he became only the third Indian after Vijay Amritraj (1977) and Ramesh Krishnan (1982) to feature in the main draw of the clay-court event.
Furthermore, he became the first Indian to win an ATP Maters 1000 match on clay since 1990 after beating World No. 38 Matteo Arnaldi in the opening round. The 26-year-old, however, lost his Round two clash, going down against Dane Holger Rune. He is the seventh-highest ranked Indian man after Vijay Amritraj (career high of 18 in 1980), Ramesh Krishnan (career high of 23 in 1985), Somdev Devvarman (career high of 62 in 2011), Sashi Menon (career high of 71 in 1975), Anand Amritraj (career high of 74 in 1974) and Prajnesh Gunneswaran (career high of 75 in 2019) since the introduction of the computerised rankings in 1973.
