Sumit Nagal seeks urgent help as his visa gets ‘rejected without reason’ ahead of Australia Open playoffs

Nagal took to X to flag the issue, tagging the Chinese Ambassador to India and the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, and asking for “urgent help” so he can compete in the playoff event that offers a direct main-draw wildcard into the Australian Open.

In his post, Nagal writes: "I am supposed to fly to China soon to represent India at the Australian Open playoff. But my visa was rejected without a reason.” He prefaced the message “[URGENT]” and introduced himself as “India’s No.1 Tennis player” while addressing the Chinese officials directly.

The 27-year-old is currently India’s top-ranked singles player on the ATP Tour and has been one of the country’s standout performers over the last two seasons, breaking into the top 100 and enjoying a breakthrough run at the Australian Open 2024, where he upset 25th seed Alexander Bubik in the first round.