Tennis: No net gains here

Updated On: 21 September, 2023 09:13 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI

India’s No. 1 player Sumit Nagal struggling to live comfortably off the game due to lack of sponsorship; reveals he has just 900 euros left in the bank

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India’s Sumit Nagal serves to Morocco’s Yassine Dlimi during their Davis Cup tie in Lucknow on Sunday. Pic/Getty Images

After arranging for a sustenance budget of Rs 1 crore that keeps him going on the ATP Tour, India’s No. 1 tennis player Sumit Nagal is left with less than Rs 1 lakh in his bank account and a morose feeling of not leading a comfortable life. He has been training at the Nansel Tennis Academy in Germany for a few years but lack of funds meant that he could not train at his favourite place in the first three months of season 2023.

Friends helping Nagal

His friends Somdev Devvarman and Christopher Marquis helped him stay in shape in January and February before he finally managed to fund his stay in Germany. To stay and play on the extravagant ATP Tour, Nagal has invested all his prize money, his salary from IOCL and the support he gets from Maha Tennis Foundation. The expenditure is related to his stay at the training centre in Peine and his travel for tournaments along with either his coach or a physio.

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