India’s Karan Singh faced a tough defeat against Poland’s seventh seed, Daniel Michalski, in a three-set battle at the 2026 Delhi Open. The tournament, an ATP Challenger 75 event in its sixth edition, is ongoing at the DLTA Complex from February 16 to 22, featuring 32 men’s singles players and 16 doubles teams. Michalski expressed his relief at the win, highlighting the fine margins in high-level tennis where he managed to turn the game around.
In other matches of the first-round main draw, fifth seed Oliver Crawford from Great Britain secured a hard-fought victory over Croatia’s Duje Ajdukovic with a score of 7-6, 6-5. Additionally, Belgium’s Michael Geerts triumphed over Lithuania’s Edas Butvilas with a score of 6-3, 7-5.
During the final-round qualifying matches, India’s Manish Sureshkumar staged a comeback from a 5-3 deficit in the second set to clinch a 6-3, 7-5 win against Korea’s Uisung Park. Sureshkumar, the only Indian to advance from the qualifiers, expressed his joy at performing well on a court that holds special significance for him due to past victories.
Sureshkumar, who entered the qualifying draw as an alternate, emphasized his determination to make the most of the opportunity in the main draw. Meanwhile, another Indian contender in the qualifying round, Ramkumar Ramanathan, faced a defeat against Korea’s Hyeon Chung, a former world No. 19 player who overcame Novak Djokovic in the 2018 Australian Open.
