Bengaluru, Jan. 9 -- Top seed Pedro Martinez advanced to the singles final of the 10th Dafa News Bengaluru Open 2026 after a 7-6(4), 6-1 win over France's Martin Martineau at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium here today.
Martineau started strongly, breaking Martinez in the sixth game, but the Spaniard immediately broke back and steadied his game. A closely contested first set went to a tie-break, where Martinez capitalised on Martineau's unforced errors to take the set.
He carried that momentum into the second, breaking Martineau twice to seal a straight-sets victory. "Martineau started playing at a really good level. In the tie-break, I made more returns and played better. That was the difference," said Martinez, world No. 96, after the matc...