Chennai, Feb. 8 -- Indian players enjoyed a strong start at the Coromandel ChennaiOpen ATP Challenger Men's International Tennis Championship 2026, as nine playerswon their first-round qualifying matches at the SDAT Stadium, here on Sunday.
Their victory meant that four all-Indian final-round qualifying matches were lined up forMonday.
Fourth seed Nitin Kumar Sinha had a comfortable outing against compatriot Oges TheyjoJaya Prakash, winning 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and three minutes, while sixth seed IshaqueEqbal registered a dominant 6-2, 6-0 victory over Great Britain's Carl Holder in exactlyone hour.
Indian players also produced notable upsets. Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta, who entered thedraw as an alternate, knocked out fifth seed Grigoriy L...