Sumit Nagal - From obscurity to Wimbledon champ!

New Delhi Delhi boy Sumit Nagal on Sunday etched his name in the history books by winning the Wimbledon boys doubles title with Vietnams Ly Hoang Nam at the famous All England ClubSuddenly from obscurity the 17yearold became the talk of the town being mentioned on front pages of national dailies The righthanded tennis player scripted history when he and Ly seeded eighth defeated AmericanJapanese fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 764 64 in the final in an hour and three minutes on No1 CourtSumit had also entered the boys singles competition However he was ousted from the first round losing to Argentinean Juan Pablo Ficovich in three setsThe teenager was born on August 14 1997 in Haryanas Jaitpur before moving to Nangloi in the national capital His father Suresh is a retired Army Havildar his mother Krishna a housewife while his sister Sakshi Shokeen is marriedSince there was no live television broadcast of the final the family was following the scores on internetTowards the end the net stopped working when Sumit was 54 up I was wondering why is it taking so long to update I was nervous about the score and after two minutes there was a tick against his name I understood he has won Everyone was elated and we were all hugging each other and we were flooded in the night by media calls said SakshiWe spoke to him last night and he shared photos with us We are very very happy At every point when there was a deuce it was nervewracking because Sumits fate has stumbled on deuces and winning on deuce has been difficult for himNow a school teacher Suresh credited one of the legends of the sport Mahesh Bhupathi for the rise of his sonSumit has been playing for seven years but two years into it he started training under Bhupathi Until Bhupathi was in the picture there would be issues getting sponsorship I am a tennis fan I used to watch it and Sumit was very active so I decided to introduce him to this sport Suresh recalledSumit is a Novak Djokovic fan and Djokovic also won this Grand Slam So I dream that he also achieves this mens singles title We want him to become World No1 one daySumit got his moment with destiny as he caught up with his idol Djokovic of Serbia and posted a photograph of the two posing together on Twitter He also met the latest womens singles champion Serena WilliamsKrishna on the other hand said she misses her son and at times does not even get to talk to him for weeks as Sumit is away playingI miss my son We dont get to meet him we dont even get to talk to him at times I want to meet him but how can we accompany him Tomorrow when he becomes a big player we will be with him said Krishna with Suresh adding that to send a 10yearold away is heartbreakingRecalling her struggle Krishna said she would accompany Sumit in buses to training sessions They would walk nearly 15 km to the nearest bus stop I also took him for his first trial He was only 10 when he moved away I couldnt talk to him for a monthShe added that she is superstitious so I dont watch his matches I would just ask for the score My hands and feet get numb due to nervousnessSumits birthday is next month but the occasion to celebrate has arrived a month early There is a trophycabinet at his home full of prizes he has won it is now waiting for the big one