Indian tennis sensation Sumit Nagal will face 53rd ranked Miomir Kecmanovic from Serbia in the opening round at Wimbledon. Nagal comes into the tournament without having played a pro match on grass in 6 years, with his last match being a 2-6 0-6 loss against Kamil Majchrzak at the Wimbledon Qualifying in 2018.

WIMBLEDON DRAW: SUMIT NAGAL TO FACE MIOMIR KECMANOVIC

On his Wimbledon debut, 72nd ranked @nagalsumit will take on 52nd ranked Miomir Kecmanovic pic.twitter.com/0cUTqVNZaC

— Indian Tennis Daily (ITD) (@IndTennisDaily) June 28, 2024

The match is expected to take place on Monday, with the exact schedule yet to be announced. Nagal and Kecmanovic go way back, having played the junior circuit together.

Interesting match-up considering Sumit and Miomir are good friends

– Played for the first time in the final of an ITF Juniors in 2014 which Sumit won 7-5 7-5
– Played at ATP 250 Cologne (indoor hard) in 2020; Sumit lost 6-4 6-7(4) 1-6
– Practised together in Monte-Carlo in April https://t.co/T12mu4afcw

— Vatsal Madhup Tolasaria (@vatsaltolasaria) June 28, 2024

Kecmanovic has had an impressive grass season thus far, having made the quarter-final at ATP 250 Eastbourne this week, where he beat Zhizhen Zhang, a semi-finalist at ATP 500 Halle last week.

Nagal got to Wimbledon early to practise on the grass and trained with players like Jack Draper, Lloyd Harris, etc. He was also seen with Rohan Bopanna at the practice courts.