Chennai, Oct. 29 -- After two rainy days due to Cycloni storm Montha, the sun shone brightly at the SDAT Stadium and so did India's top-two ranked women - Sahaja Yamalapalli and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty - who both scored their first main WTA 250 main draw wins at the WTA Chennai Open 2025 this evening.
Celebrating her 25th birthday in style, Yamalapalli scored a 6-4, 6-2 win over Indonesian lucky loser Priska Nugroho to set up a second-round showdown against third seed Donna Vekic.
The Croatian, who is the reigning Olympic silver medallist, eased past India's Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1, 6-2 in another first round encounter.
In the highly anticipated match between two of the biggest names in Indian women's tennis, India No. 1 Shrivalli Bhamidipaty ...