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“This year, it has got better. I am controlling my emotions, not letting it affect my games,” Nagal told PTI in an interaction, assessing his 2017 season.

“In practise, it was always my goal that If I get mad in matches, the priority was to control myself. Take deep breaths, think about image, where you see yourself being happy. The more you practice the better you are going to get.”

Asked how he became so aggressive, Nagal said, “I don’t know. That’s the way I am, because I have got a lot of anger. I get mad very quickly. I am learning to control it and put that energy, where it’s going to be useful.”

Mahesh Bhupathi - “His game is going in the right direction, he is only 20-year-old. We need to remember that the Indians in general peak at 23-24. He has three four years of development in him for everything — strength, tactics, mental game. We have not had many 20-year-olds at 200 in the world before in our history of tennis, so I think these are exciting times for us, for Sumit especially.”

“Over the past year or so he was very weak on defending on the backhand, which has got a lot better. His understanding of positioning on the court in last three months, has improved. The trajectory of his career is going on the right path. That’s all we can be happy about at present.”

Nagal is set to shift his training base from Germany to Valencia in Spain, where he will practise at David Ferrer’s academy.

sameerph wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:57 pm At $25K Italy F2 Futures, Santa Margherita di Pula (Clay)

[R2] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,223) d. (Q) Franco CAPALBO (ARG,1958) 60 61

[QF] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,223) d. Walter TRUSENDI (ITA,670) 61 60