Less than £800 in bank to £95k - Nagal cashes in with upset

Four months ago, India's Sumit Nagal had 900 euros (£775) in the bank but his balance was boosted by £95,000 with an Australian Open upset on Tuesday.

He beat Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-2 7-6 (7-5) to become the first Indian man to beat a seeded player at a Grand Slam since Ramesh Krishnan defeated top seed Mats Wilander here in 1989.

He said he felt "emotional", adding: "It hasn't completely sunk in yet."

Also through are seeds Casper Ruud, Holger Rune and Alexander Zverev.

Second seed Carlos Alcaraz is in action later on Tuesday against Richard Gasquet.

On the hottest day of this year's tournament, with temperatures reaching 30C, one player who was happy in the heat was Norwegian 11th seed Ruud, who coolly beat Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 6-3 6-1.

"It's minus 20 back home, so it's quite a change. It's much nicer to be in the warm summer weather," said Ruud, who is a three-time Grand Slam finalist but has never been past the fourth round here.

"The body and tennis is feeling great. Hopefully I can have a good run down here. It's been a couple years in a row where I wasn't able to play as well as I hoped here. Hopefully 2024 we can turn that around."

It took him just over two hours to set up a second-round meeting with Australian Max Purcell, giving him plenty of time for his day's other main job - picking home decor.

He told a news conference he had a call with an interior designer later to talk about "fabric, colour, mixing", adding: "It's a bit different than tennis. I'm going to have to prepare for that and think about other things."

It took Danish eighth seed Rune an hour longer to beat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 in what he called a "physical battle".

German sixth seed Zverev, meanwhile, had to come from behind to beat compatriot Dominik Koepfer 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.

The win came the day after German court officials set a date for his trial over domestic abuse allegations, which he denies.

Bulgarian 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov - fresh from winning his first ATP title since 2017 in Brisbane - also advanced, coming back to beat Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1) 6-2.

Meanwhile, 26-year-old Nagal will get the chance to further improve his bank balance - reaching the third round brings prize money of £133,000 - when he takes on Chinese world number 140 Shang Juncheng, who is ranked three places below him.

He said he was not thinking about expectations back home, saying: "I want to go through this moment, take my time, enjoy being with my coach, have conversation, maybe eat a burger or something, and call it a night."