Published 22:01 IST, September 16th 2019

Sumit Nagal achieves career's highest ranking after recent matches

Sumit Nagal jumped 15 places to achieve a career-high ranking of 159 in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday. Nagal recently made his grand slam debut

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Continuing his good run, India's tennis ace Sumit Nagal jumped 15 places to achieve a career-high ranking of 159 in latest ATP rankings released on Monday.

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Nagal making his mark

22-year-old from Haryana ended runners up in Banja Luka ATP Challenger following a first-round defeat at US Open last month. He h leapfrogged 16 places after his first-round exit in US Open where te took a set off Swiss maestro Roger Federer before losing match.

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Gunnerswaran moving furr up

Meanwhile, Prajnesh Gunneswaran continued his run in top-100. He rose three places to be world . 82. Ramkumar Ramanathan slipped three spots to be 179th, rounding up top-three Indians in men's singles. In doubles, Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan maintained ir 43rd and 49th position, while Leander Paes moved one spot to be placed 78. In WTA rankings, Ankita Raina continues to be India's top-ranked player at 191 and is followed by Pranjala Ylapalli, who is placed at 338. 

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20:47 IST, September 16th 2019