India’s Top Tennis Player Says Denied China Visa

Sumit Nagal of India participates in the ATP Challenger Atkinsons Monza Open 2025 at Villa Reale Tennis in Monza, Italy, on April 8, 2023. (Photo by Michele Maraviglia/NurPhoto)

India’s top-ranked men’s tennis player Sumit Nagal said China denied him a visa weeks before he was set to appear at an Australian Open qualifying tournament in southwestern Sichuan.

“I am supposed to fly to China soon to represent India at the Australian Open Playoff. But my visa was rejected without reason,” Nagal said on Tuesday in a post to social media platform X.

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