Sumit Nagal gets tough draw in maiden Wimbledon main draw

India's top singles player Sumit Nagal is set to make his maiden appearance in men's singles main draw of Wimbledon and he will be up against higher-ranked Miomir Kecmavic of Serbia in first round here.

However, World . 72 Nagal has a tough road ahead as he is placed in same section of draw as top seed and World . 1 Jannik Sinner and could face Italian in third round if he makes it that far.

Even crossing first hurdle will t be easy for Nagal as he is pitted against world . 53 Kecmavic. Serbian had beaten Nagal in ir lone match so far at ATP 250 event in Cologne, Germany, four years ago.

If Nagal gets past opening round, he will be up against winner of opening round match between Spain's Pablo Carre Busta, ranked 796 in world, and world . 26 Tallon Griekspoor of Nerlands.

Olympic-bound Nagal had earlier lost in first round of men's singles qualifiers against Poland's Kamil Majchrzak in 2018.

Nagal is having a dream season so far as he had also qualified for main draw of Australian Open earlier this year. He stunned 31st-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in opening round to become first Indian male tennis player to beat a seeded player in 35 years in a Slam.

Indian n went on to win Chennai Open ATP Challenger to enter top-100 in rankings.

Meanwhile in men's doubles, veteran Indian Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matw Ebden, seeded second, will take on French pair Adrian Mannari and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in first round.

Bopanna and Ebden, reigning Australian Open champions, had reached semifinals of last year's Wimbledon.

Ar Indian N Sriram Balaji, who will be Bopanna's doubles partner at Paris Olympics, and his British partner Luke Johnson will play fourth-seeded Croatian-Salvadorian combination of Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo, who won this year's French Open.

Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Alba Olivetti will meet Kazakh duo of Bublik and Alexander Shevchenko, while Nagal and Serbia's Dusan Lajovic will take on Spain's Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar in opening round.