India바카라™s top-ranked tennis player Sumit Nagal on Monday fought back from the brink to defeat Slovakia바카라™s Lucas Klein in the opening round of the ATP 250 Kitzbuhel Open in Austria. (More Tennis News)
The Paris Olympics-bound Nagal won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (3).
Nagal won the first set, but was a shadow of his dominant self in the second set as Klein cantered through it.
The world No. 80 Indian was down 3-5 in the deciding third set, but found a way to come back and force the tie-break.
In the tie-break, Nagal regained his flow to emerge a 7-3 winner to earn a spot in the pre-quarterfinals.
In the round of 16, Nagal will face fourth seeded Spaniard Pedro Martinez, a world No. 45.
