BENGALURU, May 23, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) For the second time in two weeks, Bengaluru witnessed a first-time ATP Challenger winner as Petr Bar Biryukov beat Ilya Ivashka 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-4 in the final of the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open on […]
BENGALURU, May 22, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) It was nearly 400 days ago that Ilya Ivashka last got his hands on a trophy in professional tennis, but the former world number 40 will have a chance to end the long wait […]
BENGALURU, May 22, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) Every kid grows up dreaming of playing Wimbledon, and Alastair Gray was just 24 years old, still a rookie with not much experience at the professional level, when he got to live the ultimate […]
BENGALURU, May 21, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) In an extraordinary showing of resilience, second seed Alastair Gray overcame injury, fatigue, exhaustion and heat to down India’s Mukund Sasikumar 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals of the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open on […]
BENGALURU, May 20, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) A day that began with a lot of optimism for the home fans, with four Indian players in the Round of 16, ended in major disappointment as veteran Mukund Sasikumar ended the night as […]
BENGALURU, May 16, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) It’s a landmark moment in the career of Keegan Smith as the 27-year-old from the United States clinched his maiden title on the ATP Challenger Tour on Saturday in Bengaluru, India to break into […]
BENGALURU, May 15, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) Top seed Keegan Smith and fourth seed Philip Sekulic will clash in the final of the Karnataka Open ATP 50 Challenger on Saturday after both players registered convincing victories in their respective semi-final matches […]
BENGALURU, May 15, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) On April 10, 2023, Keegan Smith from the United States dropped outside the world’s Top 500 for the first time in 58 weeks, having first cracked the magic number in February 2022 after toiling hard […]
BENGALURU, May 14, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) In one of the most extraordinary results on the ATP Challenger Tour all year long, 19-year-old wildcard from India Kriish Tyagi, ranked 1322 in the world, scored a gargantuan upset as he took out […]
BENGALURU, May 13, 2026 (by Anirudh Suresh) One breadstick, one bagel, and just five games dropped in total – it’s been a flawless week in Bengaluru thus far for former world number 40 Ilya Ivashka, who on Wednesday stormed into […]
