<p> Young Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal has received a direct entry into the US Open singles main draw after several top players pulled out of the Grand Slam starting August 31.</p>.<p>The world no.127 was the last man to receive direct entry into the field of 128, which was determined using the latest ATP rankings, according to the tournament website.</p>.<p>Nagal is the only Indian in the men's field with Prajnesh Gunneswaran, ranked 132, missing out.</p>.<p>Last year, Nagal reached his maiden Grand Slam here, after winning all his qualifying round matches to set up a dream encounter with the legendary Roger Federer.</p>.<p>In the much-anticipated clash, the 22-year old from Jhajjar took a set off Federer before going down 6-4 1-6 2-6 4-6.</p>.<p>Three-time US Open champion and world no 1 Novak Djokovic headline the field with the likes of Federer and Rafael Nadal giving the tournament a miss.</p>.<p>While Federer has withdrawn from all competitions this year owing to a knee injury, defending champion Nadal pulled out due to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>Former champion Stan Wawrinka, Nick Kyrgios, Fabio Fognini and Gael Monfils are the other top players missing from the men's field.</p>.<p>Professional tennis tours have been on a hiatus since March because of the coronavirus outbreak, with play resuming for women at Palermo Ladies Open this week in Italy.</p>
<p> Young Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal has received a direct entry into the US Open singles main draw after several top players pulled out of the Grand Slam starting August 31.</p>.<p>The world no.127 was the last man to receive direct entry into the field of 128, which was determined using the latest ATP rankings, according to the tournament website.</p>.<p>Nagal is the only Indian in the men's field with Prajnesh Gunneswaran, ranked 132, missing out.</p>.<p>Last year, Nagal reached his maiden Grand Slam here, after winning all his qualifying round matches to set up a dream encounter with the legendary Roger Federer.</p>.<p>In the much-anticipated clash, the 22-year old from Jhajjar took a set off Federer before going down 6-4 1-6 2-6 4-6.</p>.<p>Three-time US Open champion and world no 1 Novak Djokovic headline the field with the likes of Federer and Rafael Nadal giving the tournament a miss.</p>.<p>While Federer has withdrawn from all competitions this year owing to a knee injury, defending champion Nadal pulled out due to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>Former champion Stan Wawrinka, Nick Kyrgios, Fabio Fognini and Gael Monfils are the other top players missing from the men's field.</p>.<p>Professional tennis tours have been on a hiatus since March because of the coronavirus outbreak, with play resuming for women at Palermo Ladies Open this week in Italy.</p>