In Tennis, Sumit Nagal, India’s top ranked player, advanced to the final of the  Perugia Challenger after a hard fought victory over Spain’s Bernabe Zapata Miralles, a former World No. 37, yesterday. In the final, Nagal will take on the winner of Luciano Darderi of Italy and Germany’s Daniel Altmaier. Meanwhile in the doubles final, India’s N Sriram Balaji and his German partner Andre Begemann lost to top-seeded Argentina’s Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela of Mexico.  The 26-year-old, currently ranked a career-high 77 in the world, faced a tough challenge in the first set but managed to prevail in the tie-breaker. Nagal’s victory marked his ninth consecutive win since the start of the Heilbronn Challenger in Germany, which he won earlier this month. He remains in contention for a second straight Challenger title, which would help him move closer to the top-50 ranking. Earlier this year, Nagal won the Chennai Challenger, ollowing a historic second-round appearance at the Australian Open. In the doubles final, India’s N Sriram Balaji and his German partner Andre Begemann were defeated by top seeded Guido Andreozzi of Argentina and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela of Mexico.