Sumit Nagal storms into second round of US Open

Sumit Nagal recorded his first win in a Grand Slam when he beat American Bradley Klahn 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the US Open on Tuesday.
Returning to the venue where he hit the headlines by taking a set off the legendary Roger Federer, Nagal needed two hours and 12 minutes to wrap up his victory on Court 12.

The 23-year-old Indian, ranked 122nd in the world, will play Dominic Thiem in the second round.
He is assured of $100,000 (Rs. 73 lakh approx) for reaching the second round, his biggest pay cheque yet.
In a match that was delayed by rain, Nagal rode on back to back breaks to take the first set in 23 minutes.
Klahn dropped serve in the third and fifth games with a string of unforced errors, double-faulting on breakpoint in the fifth.
In the second set, Nagal again benefited from shaky serving by Klahn to go up 4-2. He squandered a chance to close out the set in the eighth game when he had three chances to break the home favourite again.
He eventually served it out in the next game for a two-set advantage.
The American, the 2010 NCAA singles champion and owner of eight Challenger titles, played a more solid game to take the third set. He broke Nagal in the eighth game, the Indian surrendering it after being 40-15. Klahn took the set with an ace in the next.
Nagal quickly regained his focus and raced through the fourth set in 28 minutes.
Overall, Nagal was a much superior player on the day.
He had 80 percent (70/88) of his first serves in and won 77 percent of those points. He broke the California native six times while surrendering his own serve just once.
Nagal hit only 17 winners compared to the 30-year-old Klahn's 32, but the former also made far fewer unforced errors - 17 to his rival's 40.
The India No. 1 grabbed 116 points in total while Klahn claimed only 80. Nagal's industriousness also reflected in the fact that he covered 2490.6 metres of the court, Klahn ran 2278.3 metres.