India, Nov. 11 -- India's No.1 Sumit Nagal has appealed publicly to Chinese authorities after claiming his visa application to travel for the Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off in China was rejected without explanation, putting his build-up to the first Grand Slam of 2026 in doubt.

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 "[...