The 2026 Australian Open has become a defining moment in the collision between modern sports science and traditional tournament governance. What began as a seemingly routine request for players to remove wrist-worn fitness trackers turned into one of the biggest technology controversies tennis has ever seen involving three world No.1s, conflicting rulebooks, and the future…
India’s top-ranked women’s singles player Sahaja Yamalapalli has been awarded a coveted wild card into the main draw of the L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series, set to be held from February 2 to 8, 2026, at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in Mumbai. The announcement ensures that India’s leading singles player will…
The fifth edition of the L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series was formally set in motion on Republic Day with the unveiling of the tournament trophy by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence in Mumbai. The ceremony marked an important milestone ahead of the international women’s tennis event, scheduled to be held…
Eighteen-year-old Manas Dhamne’s steady climb on the ATP Challenger Tour took another significant leap forward in Manama this week as the young Indian booked his place in the main draw of the ATP 125 Bahrain Challenger with a hard-fought 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Norway’s Viktor Durasovic. Coming a day after he stunned top seed…
At just 18 years of age, Manas Dhamne is beginning to look less like a promising junior and more like a genuine Challenger-level professional. On a humid evening in Manama, the Indian teenager produced one of the biggest wins of his young career, coming back from a set down to defeat top seed and world…
India’s final presence at the Australian Open 2026 came to an end on Sunday when Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Göransson were knocked out in the third round of the men’s doubles by Brazil’s Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos. The 10th-seeded Indo-Swedish pair went down 6–7 (7–9), 3–6 in a tightly contested encounter…
India’s teenage tennis sensation Srishti Kiran continues to announce herself as one of the most exciting prospects on the global junior circuit. The 13-year-old from Bengaluru clinched her fourth consecutive ITF junior singles title with another composed and mature performance at the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors J30 tournament in Huamantla, Mexico, held from January…
When Vijay Amritraj was named a Padma Bhushan awardee in 2026, it was not simply a delayed reward for a great tennis player. It was recognition of one of the most extraordinary sporting lives India has produced a life that went far beyond trophies and rankings and reshaped how Indian sport was seen on the…
The 2026 Australian Open Junior Championships delivered a sobering reminder of how unforgiving elite junior tennis can be for even the most promising talents. For Indian tennis, the spotlight was firmly on Maaya Revathi and Arnav Paparkar, two of the country’s most highly regarded prospects. Both had entered the Melbourne Park main draw directly an…
Indian tennis has a new name to underline in red. At just 22, Karan Singh delivered one of the biggest performance of his young professional career by stunning top seed and world No. 250 Max Houkes of the Netherlands in straight sets to lift the ITF M15 Hyderabad singles title. The 6–4, 6–4 victory was…
The Australian Open has a habit of producing matches that test far more than forehands and backhands, and on Friday night in Melbourne, Yuki Bhambri and André Göransson delivered one of the most resilient doubles performances of the 2026 tournament. The Indo-Swedish pair overcame a five-hour heat-related suspension, a one-set deficit, and relentless pressure from…
With one junior Grand Slam main draw experience already under her belt, Indian junior tennis star Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi is feeling more at ease in Melbourne, where she will compete in the Australian Open juniors event, which begins today. The 16-year-old, ranked No. 56 in the ITF junior rankings, made her junior Grand Slam main…
For the past couple of months, young Indian junior Srishti Kiran has been making a habit of winning matches on the ITF junior circuit. The 13-year-old has already started turning heads with her results and rapid rise. Last weekend, Kiran won her third consecutive ITF J30 title, lifting the trophy in Huamantla, Mexico, to complete…
The L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series is poised to reclaim centre stage in Indian tennis as it returns for its fifth edition, bringing with it an impressive roster of international stars and a growing reputation as one of the most important women’s tournaments in South Asia. The qualifying rounds will be held on January…
Indian doubles specialist N. Sriram Balaji and Austrian partner Neil Oberleitner produced one of the most gripping matches of the opening rounds at the Australian Open 2026, edging past the experienced pairing of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Jordan Thompson in a nerve-shredding three-set thriller to book their place in the second round at Melbourne Park. The…
In the 2026 cricket season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, RCB are being spoken about in a completely different tone. The old clichés about RCB being a team that looks good on paper but falters when it matters are rapidly losing relevance. Across both the men’s and women’s competitions, the franchise is finally projecting what sustained control…
On January 20, 2026, Indian sport quietly crossed an important threshold with the official launch of “The Next Set”, a new high-performance and philanthropic venture spearheaded by six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza. Designed to address the long-standing structural gaps in Indian women’s sport, particularly tennis, the initiative marks a shift away from isolated academy…
India’s Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha described his Grand Slam debut at this week’s Australian Open as an “amazing experience”, despite a first-round loss in the men’s doubles event on Tuesday. Poonacha and Thailand’s Pruchya Isaro, who won the Asia Pacific Wildcard Playoff to earn their spot in the main draw in Melbourne, went down in two…
Indian junior tennis enjoyed a significant boost in Melbourne on January 21 as Diya Ramesh produced one of the standout results of the Australian Open Juniors qualifying rounds. The Chennai-based teenager stunned fourth seed and world No. 86 Anita Tu of the United States in straight sets, winning 7–5, 6–2 to move into the second…
Bengaluru is set to become the centre of Indian tennis next month as the national team prepares to host the Netherlands in the Round 1 Qualifiers of the Davis Cup on February 7 and 8, 2026. With World Group progression at stake, the two-day tie promises intense, high-quality tennis and an atmosphere that only the…
India’s doubles challenge at the Australian Open 2026 received a timely boost as Yuki Bhambri, partnering Sweden’s Andre Goransson, produced a composed and authoritative performance to defeat the Australian pair of James Duckworth and Cruz Hewitt in the first round of the men’s doubles. The 10th-seeded Indo-Swedish duo overcame home support and local expectations to…
The Australian Open 2026 journey for Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Pruchya Isaro came to a close in the opening round, but the scoreline and circumstances tell a story far richer than a simple first-round exit. The Indo-Thai pairing bowed out of the men’s doubles competition after a hard-fought straight-sets loss to the experienced Spanish duo…
Indian cycling marked a significant milestone on Monday as the Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026 officially got underway with a high-speed Prologue through the streets of Pune. The opening stage of India’s first-ever UCI 2.2 category multi-stage men’s road race brought together 160 riders from 35 countries, offering Indian cyclists a rare opportunity to measure…
The 2026 college tennis season is underway, and once again the NCAA circuit is set to play a pivotal role in shaping the next phase of Indian tennis. For several young Indian players, college tennis is no longer a fallback option but a deliberate pathway one that offers high-quality competition, physical development, mental conditioning, and…
The L&T Mumbai Open is set to make a welcome return in 2026, with the fifth edition of the WTA 125K Series event scheduled to be held at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) courts in Mumbai. The qualifying rounds will be played from January 30 to February 1, followed by the main draw…
Indian tennis will have a notable presence in the men’s doubles draw at the 2026 Australian Open, with two pairs representing the country under very different circumstances. From a Grand Slam debut for an Indo-Thai wildcard duo to a seeded Indian pair navigating a tricky opening-round test, the draw presents both opportunity and challenge for…
Indian tennis received a significant boost with the announcement of a strategic partnership between Roundglass Sports and India’s leading men’s singles player, Sumit Nagal. The collaboration brings together one of the country’s most consistent international performers and a sports organisation that has steadily built a reputation for long-term athlete development. At the heart of the…
Indian men’s doubles tennis enjoyed a strong week on the ATP Challenger Tour as Sriram Balaji clinched the doubles title at the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger, while fellow Indian Anirudh Chandrasekar also featured prominently, underlining the growing depth in India’s doubles contingent. At the Nonthaburi 2 ATP Challenger, the top-seeded pair of Balaji and Austria’s Neil…
The Indian challenge at the ITF M25 Winston-Salem, USA, got off to a disappointing start as Aryan Shah and Dhakshineswar Suresh both suffered first-round exits in the men’s singles draw on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Entering the tournament with contrasting expectations, neither player was able to find rhythm or momentum against their respective opponents, underlining…
Indian tennis enjoyed a strong day at the ITF and ATP events in Nonthaburi, Thailand, with multiple doubles teams progressing to the semifinals across both the women’s and men’s draws. While singles campaigns have often drawn the spotlight, the latest results once again underlined India’s growing depth and consistency in doubles, particularly at the Challenger…
The ITF M25 Chennai has sprung to life with an opening round that firmly placed Indian players at the centre of the narrative. A mix of routine wins, hard-earned battles and headline upsets has turned the tournament into a showcase of the depth and competitiveness currently present in Indian men’s tennis, particularly at the Futures…
India’s Yuki Bhambri and Sweden’s André Göransson continued their impressive start to the 2026 ATP season by booking a place in the semifinals of the ASB Classic in Auckland, an ATP 250 event that traditionally serves as a key warm-up tournament ahead of the Australian Open. The top-seeded Indo-Swedish pair overcame a stern challenge from…
Indian men’s singles tennis has quietly undergone a reshuffle in early 2026, and at the center of it stands Dhakshineswar Suresh. With his rise to a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 468, Suresh has officially become India’s No. 3 singles player, a milestone that reflects both sustained performance and a changing developmental pathway…
Indian men’s singles tennis has been waiting for a genuine teenage breakthrough on the professional tour, and Manas Dhamne’s entry into the ATP Top 500 marks a significant step in that direction. At just 18 years of age, Dhamne climbed to a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 499 on 12 January 2026, becoming…
Hitesh Chauhan finished 2025 as India’s top-ranked junior, but the 18-year-old is already looking well beyond junior accolades. After a season that included Grand Slam qualifications, a junior ITF title, and his first taste of the men’s circuit, Chauhan now stands at a crucial crossroads in his career. As he prepares to transition full-time into…
India’s No. 1 singles player, Sumit Nagal, made a composed and authoritative start to his campaign at the ATP 75 Bangkok Challenger (Nonthaburi 2), dismissing Thai wildcard Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul in straight sets to book his place in the Round of 16. Ranked 279 in the world, Nagal needed just over an hour to seal a…
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty’s rise over the past year has underlined both the promise of Indian women’s tennis and the structural gaps that still limit its growth. A standout performer for India at the Billie Jean King Cup and one of the country’s most exciting prospects, Shrivalli has used her own journey to make a clear case:…
Cricket continues to dominate India’s sporting landscape, but over the past decade, a steady and significant rise in the popularity of other sports has been unmistakable. Indian Tennis, in particular, has emerged as one of the fastest-growing disciplines in the country. The legacy of trailblazers such as Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Sania…
The Indian professional tennis circuit moves swiftly from the hills of Bengaluru to the humid coast of Chennai as the ITF M25 International Tennis Tournament gets underway at the SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam, from January 12 to 18. Coming on the heels of the ATP Challenger 125 Bengaluru Open, the Chennai M25 represents a vital…
India’s top-ranked women’s singles player, Sahaja Yamalapalli, continued her steady start to the 2026 season with a solid straight-sets victory at the ITF W75 Nonthaburi in Thailand, defeating home wildcard Anchisa Chanta 6-3, 7-5 to book her place in the quarterfinals. Ranked 378 in the WTA rankings, Yamalapalli entered the Round of 16 clash as…
The 10th edition of the Dafa News Bengaluru Open produced a night of contrasting emotions for Indian tennis, and at the heart of it was Sumit Nagal’s agonising exit after one of the matches of the tournament. The former champion and India No.1 bowed out in the Round of 16, but only after pushing second…
The ATP 125 Bengaluru Open delivered yet another dramatic chapter on Wednesday as Dhakshineswar Suresh, playing on a wildcard, produced a remarkable escape act to defeat in-form French qualifier Felix Balshaw in a gripping Round of 16 encounter. In a match that swung wildly in momentum and nerves, the Indian dug deep to prevail 6–3,…
The ATP 125 Bengaluru Open is fast turning into a coming-of-age stage for Manas Dhamne, and Wednesday’s Round of 16 win only reinforced that sense. The 18-year-old Indian wildcard produced another composed, high-quality performance to knock out Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan, ranked 277 in the world, winning 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 to move into the quarter-finals…
The announcement of a record AUS $111.5 million prize pool for the 2026 Australian Open underlines how dramatically global tennis economics have evolved. With first-round losers in the singles main draw earning AUS $150,000 and even first-round qualifying exits guaranteed over AUS $40,000, the Australian Open is positioning itself as the most financially supportive Grand…
The multi-year partnership between FanCode and ATP Media, which makes FanCode the exclusive digital home of the ATP Tour across the Indian subcontinent through 2028, represents a structural shift in how the sport will be followed, understood, and monetized in one of the world’s fastest-growing digital markets. Men’s professional tennis in India is entering a…
The announcement of squads for the Davis Cup Qualifiers 2026 tie between India and the Netherlands, scheduled for February 7–8 at the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium in Bengaluru, has set up one of the most intriguing match-ups of the opening Davis Cup window. On paper, the Netherlands arrive as the stronger side, buoyed by recent…
Indian women’s tennis witnessed a quietly significant moment at the ITF W35 Nairobi, as unranked Aaddi Gupta advanced to the Round of 16 with a composed 6-2, 6-4 victory over compatriot Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (WTA 1257). On paper, it may appear like a routine first-round result. In reality, it was a performance that underlined a generational…
Indian women’s tennis received a timely boost at the ITF $60,000 Nonthaburi tournament, where India No.1 Sahaja Yamalapalli produced one of the most significant wins of her professional career. Fighting back from a set and a break down, Yamalapalli defeated former world No.96 Chloe Paquet of France 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the first round, announcing…
Indian tennis experienced a day of contrasting fortunes at the 10th Dafa News Bengaluru Open 2026, with Dhakshineswar Suresh delivering a statement performance to move into the Round of 16, while Karan Singh and Aryan Shah saw their campaigns end in the opening round at the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium on Tuesday. Towering at 6…
Indian tennis had a moment to savour at the ATP 125 Bengaluru Open as wildcard entrant Dhakshineswar Suresh produced a composed and convincing first-round victory over Croatia’s Duje Ajdukovic. Ranked 521 in the world, the 22-year-old Indian defeated the former World No. 105 in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the Round of 16…
