Archive · 8 Jan 2026
Indian Tennis Players Mixed Results at Bengaluru Open
At the Bengaluru Open tennis tournament, Indian players had a mix of wins and losses.
Dhakshineswar Suresh and Manas Dhamne won their matches and moved to the quarter-finals.
Sumit Nagal had a tough match against Harold Mayot and lost after a long game that lasted over three hours.
Suresh won his match in three sets, showing great effort in the final set.
Dhamne, who is only 18, also won his match in three sets.
Some Indian teams also advanced in the doubles competition.
It was an exciting day for Indian tennis!
Dhakshineswar Suresh and Manas Dhamne advanced to the quarterfinals with hard-fought victories.
Sumit Nagal lost a grueling three-hour and nine-minute match against second seed Harold Mayot.
Suresh battled past 19-year-old Felix Balshaw in a dramatic three-set encounter, winning 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(4).
18-year-old wildcard Dhamne overcame Kazakhstan’s Beibit Zhukayev 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Indian pairing SD Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha, along with other top seeds, advanced to the last eight in the doubles draw.
- Who
- Indian tennis players Dhakshineswar Suresh, Manas Dhamne, and Sumit Nagal
- What
- Mixed results at the Bengaluru Open tennis tournament
- When
- January 7
- Where
- Bengaluru, India
- Why
- Competing in the Bengaluru Open tennis tournament
- Event
- Bengaluru Open
- Venue
- Bengaluru
- Date
- January 7
- Players Advanced
- Dhakshineswar Suresh, Manas Dhamne, SD Prajwal Dev, Nitin Kumar Sinha, Sriram Balaji, Neil Oberleitner, Max Houkes, Niels Visker, Petr Bar Biryukov, Grigoriy Lomakin
- Player Eliminated
- Sumit Nagal
- Match Duration
- 3 hours and 9 minutes (Nagal vs. Mayot)