Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Terms Tennis Players Nagal and Prajnesh as ‘Potential Stars’

New Delhi, August 28, 2019:

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday has praised tennis players Sumit Nagal and Prajnesh Gunneswaran.

Sharing a video on his twitter handle, Kiren Rijiju posted, “I am very happy to see two young tennis players Prajnesh and Sumit exceedingly displaying their talents in the US Open. I think they have a great future ahead.”

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It may be mentioned that on Monday Nagal became the first tennis player to win a set in the first round of the US Open by six games to four (6-4) against Swiss legend Roger Federer since 2003.

On the other hand, Prajnesh was knocked out of the competition after losing four games to sic (4-6) in the first round to world No. 5 Daniil Medvedev.

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