India, Jan. 7 -- At age 16 and in class 10, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi is already getting a little taste of the pro tennis life.

In the last three months of 2025, Maaya played eight tournaments - four juniors and four women's - apart from rubbing shoulders with some of the world's top pros at the World Tennis League. She only has a couple of weeks at home to rest and rebound for her 2026 season opener: the Australian Open juniors, starting later this month.

"I've been travelling for a while, so these two weeks are all I have to recover and train again for Australia," Maaya said over phone.

She wasn't in Melbourne last year, but was in Mumbai soon after the season-opening Grand Slam had ended. That's when this city, and indeed the tennis...