Sumit Nagal Joins Forces With Leander Paes, Sania Mirza in India's Glory Year at Wimbledon
While Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the Wimbledon women's doubles title, Hingis combined a day later with Leander Paes to win the mixed doubles crown.
India has never had it so good at Wimbledon. With three titles on the center court here, Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and young Sumit Nagal brought a lot of cheer to the Indian fans who came out in good numbers to support their tennis heroes.
Sania had combined with Swiss legend Hingis on Saturday to win the women's doubles' crown.
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Hingis returned a day later to accompany Paes and walk away with a fluent 6-1, 6-1 win over Austrian-Hungarian pair of Alexander Peya and Timea Babos. The fifth seeds were no match for the seventh seeds and could only manage a feeble smile after being completely outclassed.
Earlier in the day, Nagal grabbed the headlines when the 17-year-old partnered Vietnam's Nam Hoang Ly to win the boys doubles trophy. The eight seeds beat fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7 -6(4) 6-4 in the title clash that lasted 63 minutes.
With three Indians rising to the occasion and achieving glory at the holy grail of tennis, the Indina tennis fraternity had a lot to cheer about.