印度头号网球选手苏米特申请中国签证去成都比赛被拒，他感觉天都要塌了

'Urgent help needed': Sumit Nagal's visa plea to China; Australian Open wildcard hopes in jeopardy

“急需帮助”：苏米特·纳加尔向中国求助签证；澳网外卡资格岌岌可危

NEW DELHI: India's No.1 tennis player Sumit Nagal has issued a public plea to Chinese authorities after his visa application to compete in the Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off in Chengdu was reportedly rejected without explanation, leaving his Grand Slam preparation in serious doubt.

Taking to social media platform X, the 28-year-old tagged the Chinese Ambassador to India and the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, seeking urgent intervention.

“[URGENT] Respected @China_Amb_India and @ChinaSpox_India. I am Sumit Nagal, India's No.1 Tennis player. I am supposed to fly to China soon to represent India at the Australian Open Playoff. But my visa was rejected without reason. Your urgent help would be much appreciated,” Nagal wrote.

新德里：印度头号网球选手苏米特·纳加尔据称在申请参加成都澳网亚太区外卡赛的签证时，遭无理由拒签，这让他的大满贯备战之路陷入严重不确定。

这位28岁的选手在推特上发文，希望中国驻印度大使及中国驻新德里大使馆发言人，寻求紧急介入。

“【紧急求助】尊敬的中国驻印度大使及中国驻印度使馆发言人。我是苏米特·纳加尔，印度头号网球选手。我本应尽快飞往中国，代表印度参加澳网外卡赛。但我的签证被无理由拒绝。如能得到你们的紧急协助，我将不胜感激。”纳加尔写道。

The Chengdu event, scheduled from November 24 to 29, offers players from the Asia-Pacific region a direct main-draw wildcard into the 2026 Australian Open. Organised by Tennis Australia in association with the Chinese Tennis Association, the tournament is a crucial step stone for regional players aiming for Grand Slam qualification.

Nagal, currently ranked World No. 275, enjoyed a career-best run last year, breaking into the top 100 and stunning 25th seed Alexander Bublik in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open. He also became the first Indian man to win a Masters 1000 match on clay at the Monte Carlo Masters, solidifying his status as India's leading singles player.

With his visa now rejected, Nagal's participation — and a possible route to the 2026 Australian Open — remains uncertain. Neither the Chinese Embassy, the All India Tennis Association (AITA), nor Tennis Australia has issued a statement on the matter yet.

成都赛事定于11月24日至29日举行，亚太地区选手可通过该赛事直接获得2026年澳网正赛外卡资格。赛事由澳大利亚网球协会与中国网球协会联合主办，是区域内选手冲击大满贯资格的关键跳板。

目前世界排名第275位的纳加尔，去年迎来职业生涯最佳表现——跻身世界前100名，还在2024年澳网首轮爆冷击败25号种子亚历山大·布勃利克。他同时成为首位在蒙特卡洛大师赛红土场赢得ATP1000级别赛事的印度男选手，稳固了自己印度头号单打选手的地位。

如今签证遭拒，纳加尔能否参赛、能否获得2026年澳网的潜在晋级通道，均悬而未决。截至目前，中国大使馆、全印度网球协会（AITA）及澳大利亚网球协会均未就此事发表声明。

以下是印度网友的评论：

Staney Dsouza
If our government cannot pay heed to this cry, God help us!

要是我们的政府连这声求助都不当回事，那真只能求上帝保佑了！

GG
Indian passport is not respected.

印度护照根本不受待见。

Kshitij Malve
would you happen to have any friends in MEA or anywhere else that could help. Big opportunity for Indian tennis.

你在印度外交部或者其他地方有认识能帮忙的人吗？这对印度网球来说可是个绝佳机会。

Suvam Pal
It’s sad that random Indian vloggers are taken to China on junket and get the Chinese visa easily while a reputed international tennis player doesn’t get it. Bizarre.

真让人费解，随便一个印度博主都能受邀去中国游玩，轻松拿到签证，而知名国际网球选手却拿不到。太离谱了。

V
Well, the Indian vloggers are paid to do Chinese propaganda.

呵，那些印度博主是拿了钱，才帮中国做宣传的。

Gelson Luz
I believe every athlete deserves to chase their dreams on the global stage. It's about the spirit of competition and mutual respect that sports beautifully represent.

我觉得每个运动员都该有在全球舞台追逐梦想的权利。体育最动人的地方，就是它承载的竞技精神和相互尊重。

Abhishek Pandya
This definitely deserves urgent attention, @nagalsumit. In such cases, the Embassy can be requested to review the application through an expedited re-assessment if supporting documents (invitation letter, event accreditation & travel schedule) are re-submitted.

这事绝对值得紧急关注。这种情况下，要是重新提交证明文件（邀请函、赛事注册凭证和行程单），可以申请大使馆加急复核签证申请。

Jay Singh Kang
It’s only a game. Maybe it wasn’t written in your karma.

不过是场比赛而已。可能这就是你的命数吧。

Abhishek Pandya
In many such sporting cases, attaching a letter from the national sports federation or event organizer resolves the issue. Hopefully, authorities can allow a fast-track review so @nagalsumit represents India without disruption. Good Luck!

很多体育相关的签证案例里，附上国家体育联合会或赛事主办方的信函就能解决问题。希望相关部门能开通快速审核通道，让他顺利代表印度参赛。祝你好运！

KS Sharma ( He / Him )
@DrSJaishankar what’s the problem in intervening you worked as Indian ambassador their in China,do help Sumit

苏杰生，你之前当过印度驻中国大使，出面干预一下有什么难的？一定要帮帮苏米特啊。

Oxygen
Quality of Passport is determined by Quality of Thoughts

护照的含金量，取决于国家的格局。

WD
Really sad if sportsmen/sportswomen are begging to consider visa issual as their visas are getting cancelled. Should they focus on the game or the visa?? @MEAIndia

运动员们为了签证求助，甚至签证被取消，这太让人难过了。他们本该专注比赛，现在却要操心签证问题？@印度外交部

Prasanna N Muley
I believe the Sports Ministry should do something here.

我觉得印度体育部该出面管管这事儿。

Protagoras
Ye hai modii ka naya bharat where players are begging

这就是莫迪的“新印度”——运动员都得跪地求助。

Ashok Atluri
That's the only way they think India can lose

他们觉得这样就能让印度输比赛，也就这点能耐了。

Durgesh Tiwari
Pls help him.

求帮忙啊。

Yasser khan
What is the sports ministry doing, here a sportsperson himself has to deal with the foreign country to get the visa for participating in international tournament.

体育部在干什么？运动员要去参加国际赛事，还得自己跟外国打交道办签证。

Vikram Pandey
we just started the flights--, if this is the way @China_Amb_India , empty planes will not fly right ?

我们刚开通直飞航班——要是一直这样呼唤中国驻印度大使，到时候飞机不都得空着飞吗？

Raman Oberoi
Hopefully this gets resolved soon

希望这事能快点解决。

Prabu Breaking News
We are living in the era , People who gets accepted for vloges and fun but not accepting visa for sports players

我们活在一个奇葩时代：拍视频玩乐的人能拿到签证，运动员却不行。

Lt Col Sundeep Parija
Maybe the Chinese players are scared of losing to you

可能是中国选手怕输给你吧。

Copy-Pasta trader
What the fuggazi!! I thought people playing for India are take care by government. What is wrong in this world?

简直离谱！我以为代表印度参赛的人，政府都会妥善安排。这世界到底怎么了？

Tennis pro trader
China walo bhai ko ander aane ka toh aane ka.

中国的朋友们，好歹让他进去参赛啊。

Roman
India's first is usually ass mate

印度的“头号选手”，通常都不怎么样。

KshatriyaHero
The guy sitting in Delhi is a fraud having links with travel agents. Allmost all Individual visas are rejected. Go through an agent you get it. Connect the dots.

德里那边管事的就是个骗子，跟旅行社勾结。几乎所有个人签证都会被拒，找中介就能办下来。这里面的门道自己品。

blurbing
If they are rejecting Indian sports peoples visas it’s because our sportspeople are superior. Wouldn’t make sense otherwise.

他们拒签印度运动员，肯定是因为我们的运动员更厉害。不然没道理啊。

Madhusudan
Shouldn’t our govt be more proactive on this than having the player pleading for his visa approval? Bizarre and unfortunate!

难道不该是我们的政府主动出面，而不是让运动员自己求着要签证？太离谱也太可惜了！

Umang Bhavsar
Why govt not communicating officially to China, and players have to come on Social Media

政府为什么不跟中国官方沟通，非要让运动员跑到社交媒体上求助？

Madhu Sudan Kankani
Travelling to China for Australian Open. Shouldnt Australian open be played in Australia.

为了澳网去中国？澳网难道不该在澳大利亚举办吗？

Amit Bidasaria
Similar story with my Son, he was to play the playoffs for French open Juniors being held in China. They rejected his Visa without any reason. My son has more than 19 countries Visa already with China visa earlier. Very Sad. Hope they give now.

我儿子也遇到过类似情况。他本来要去中国参加法网青少年组资格赛，结果签证被无理由拒绝。我儿子已经有19个国家的签证了，之前也拿到过中国签证。太让人难过了，希望这次能给签。

J Shandilya
Actually, you should get longer term visa so you don't have to struggle for this small thing and can concentrate on wng matches. I am surprised why this is at all a case with you.

其实你该申请长期签证，这样就不用为这种小事费心，能专心赢比赛了。真没想到你也会遇到这种问题。

Vineet sneha
a country should standby its sportsperson nd do the need full to protect its identity, But no - they are busy in elections . So sportsperson is asking for help in social media . Wat low can a country could get. If sumit won medal, same govt will come for seeking credit

一个国家本该支持自己的运动员，尽全力维护国家荣誉。但事实是，他们忙着选举，让运动员只能在社交媒体求助。一个国家能low到这种地步？要是苏米特拿了奖牌，这届政府又会来抢功劳了。

Dk_humanitarian
If you ll say India's No.1 player thn definitely they are not going to give you visa. Bcz they can't digest Indian who are better than china

你说自己是印度头号选手，他们肯定不会给你签证。他们受不了印度人比中国人强。

KnownGunMan
This is the state of Indian Tennis, every official from IndianTennisAssociation should be slapped in public 5 times over !

这就是印度网球的现状！印度网球协会的每个官员都该被当众扇五个耳光！

Chase Lucas Burner
Get this dude some help!

快帮帮这哥们儿！

Sushil
I don't think we ever receive a reason for rejection of a visa.

签证被拒，我们从来都拿不到理由。

Ashish Pandey
Competition kam kar rahe hain.

他们这是在减少竞争对手啊。

Fedandmax
Its a curse to have an indian passport

持有印度护照太难了

Srikumar Tata
Your rank is 90 bro . Wishing you good luck to climb more and become no.1 sooon