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Sunday, July 12, 2015

2015 Wimbledon - India's Sumit Nagal wins Wimbledon boys' doubles title Sunday July 12,2015

Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal (17)etched his name in the history books on Sunday by winning the Wimbledon boys' doubles title with Vietnamese partner Nam Hoang Ly.

Sumit Nagal and Nam Hoang Ly, seeded 8th, defeated American-Japanese fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7-6(4), 6-4 in the final in an hour and three minutes on No.1 Court of the All England Club

Sumit Nagal entered the history books as only sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with partner Nam Hoang Ly on Sunday

Note

Yuki Bhambri was the last Indian to taste success at the top level in junior tennis when he won the Australian Open boys singles title in 2009.

Ramanathan Krishnan (Wimbledon, 1954)
Ramesh Krishnan (French Open and Wimbledon, 1979) and
Leander Paes (Wimbledon 1990, U.S. Open 1991)
are the other junior Grand Slam singles champions from India.

Sania Mirza had won the Wimbledon girls doubles title in 2003 with Russian partner Alisa Kleybanova.

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