Bengaluru, Jan. 6 -- There are days when a tennis match feels less like a contest and more like a statement, and Dhakshineswar Suresh produced one such performance as he strode into the Round of 16 of the 10th Dafa News Bengaluru Open 2026 at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium here on Tuesday.
Tall, composed and increasingly assured at this level, the six-foot-six India Davis Cupper leaned on the oldest of tennis truths - a great serve, well used - to dismiss Croatia's Duje Ajdukovic 6-4, 6-4. Twenty aces rained down from the Dhakshineswar racquet, each one reinforcing his control over a match that he shaped from the very first game.
The opening set unfolded with quiet authority. Dhakshineswar broke early, not through reckless power but with i...