Second seed Rei Sakamoto from Japan is set to compete against fifth seed Oliver Crawford from Great Britain in the men’s singles semifinals at the 2026 ATP Delhi Open. In the doubles category, the top two seeded teams, Siddhanth Banthia (India)/Alexander Donski (Bulgaria) and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (India)/Pruchya Isaro (Thailand), have also advanced to the semi-finals.
The ATP Challenger 75 event, now in its sixth edition, is taking place at the DLTA Complex from February 16 to 22, with 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams vying for the championship title. Sakamoto, a former junior World No. 1 and the 2024 Australian Open boys’ singles champion, overcame a set deficit to defeat sixth seed Federico Cina of Italy 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-2. He will now face Oliver Crawford in the next round.
In the second singles semifinal, Greece’s Stefanos Sakellaridis will square off against Great Britain’s Felix Gill. Sakellaridis secured a dominant 6-0, 6-3 victory over eighth seed Rio Noguchi of Japan, while Gill had to battle through three sets to defeat Belgium’s Michael Geerts 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. The tournament also holds the promise of an Indian champion in the doubles event, with top seeds Banthia/Donski and second seeds Poonacha/Isaro progressing to the next stage.
India has seen all-Indian doubles champions twice before, with Saketh Myneni/Sanam Singh and Yuki Bhambri/Mahesh Bhupathi claiming victory in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Although the Indian challenge in singles has ended, Somdev Devvarman remains the sole Indian singles champion in the tournament’s history, having clinched consecutive titles in 2014 and 2015.
As part of the ATP Challenger 75 series, the tournament will award 75 ranking points to the singles and doubles champions, 44 points to the singles runner-up, and 50 points to the doubles runners-up. The singles champion will receive $17,000 in prize money, while the runner-up will earn $9,600. The doubles champions will split $4,980, with the runners-up sharing $2,880.
