Sumit Nagal included in TOPS by Sports activities Ministry forward of Paris 2024 Olympics

Earlier than his run on the Australian Open in January, Nagal had lower than Rs 1 lakh left in his checking account, struggling to make ends meet on the ATP Challengers.

Following his sudden efficiency increase in 2024, India’s top-ranked males’s singles tennis participant, Sumit Nagal, has been included within the Goal Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). The 26-year-old had entered the second spherical on the Australia Open 2024 by beating World No. 27 Alexander Bublik and changing into the primary participant since Ramesh Krishnan to beat a seeded participant at a slam.

Following his success on the Australian Open, Nagal received the Chennai Challenger and breached the ATP High 100 for the primary time in his profession, changing into simply the tenth Indian to take action.

Sumit Nagal had been struggling to make ends meet earlier than his run in Australia. After he triumphed over Bublik, he revealed that he had solely 900 euros left in his checking account after the top of 2023. After being included within the TOPS scheme by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities, the ace tennis participant will obtain a number of advantages.

The scheme was launched in 2014 to help India’s high athletes. The thought behind this system is to deal with potential Olympic prospects and supply help for coaching (native and worldwide), worldwide competitions, gear, teaching camps, and a month-to-month stipend of Rs 50,000 for every athlete.

Other than Sumit Nagal, Soman Rana (males’s shot put F57), Bhagyashri Jadhav (ladies’s shot put F34), Rampal (ladies’s 100m T12), Simran (ladies’s 200m T12), and Anush Agarwalla (equestrian) have additionally been included in this system.