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"Wish I Had Put In...": Sumit Nagal Jokes About His Passion For Cricket Over Tennis

India's rising tennis star Sumit Nagal joked about how he wished he had put more effort into tennis in his childhood rather than spending time playing cricket on the streets. Nagal who has been in love with cricket since his childhood, visited one of the most iconic cricket stadiums in the world - Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The moment he held the bat, Nagal took a trip down memory lane remembering the days he used to play cricket but now wishing that he should have invested those hours in tennis.

Australian Open: Sumi Nagal's Gritty Run Halted By Juncheng Shang; Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden Pair Advances

Chinese tennis prodigy Juncheng Shang blunted Sumit Nagal's challenge at the Australian Open to halt the Indian's impressive run at the first major of the season on Thursday. Coming into the match after an inspiring win over a top-30 player, Nagal began in the same dominating fashion but the 18-year-old wild card entrant got better as the game progressed to walk out a winner with a 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 scoreline. The second round contest lasted two hours and 50 minutes and it was clear that Nagal had run out of steam in the fourth set. In contrast, Shang began to serve well from the third set onwards and was at ease in pocketing his service games despite being troubled by high backhand balls in the match.

'At the airport already': Swiatek stages epic comeback to survive Australian Open scare

Several top seeds were pushed to the brink on day five at the Australian Open as top-ranked woman Iga Switaek admitted she was "at the airport already", while on the men's side, Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud were taken to five sets in their second-round matches.