Chennai February 2, 2025: India’s Chirag Duhan, Siddharth Vishwakarma and Manish Sureshkumar knocked out seeded players in the first round of qualifying at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger on Sunday.

Duhan, aged 21 and ranked No. 962 in the world, upset the third seed Evgenii Tiurnev, ranked more than 600 spots higher than the Indian, in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 while 30-year-old Vishwakarma, ranked No 771 in the world, defeated the eighth seed Dominik Palan, ranked No. 537 in the world, 6-3, 6-1.

Manish Sureshkumar added to the joy for the Indian tennis fraternity by knocking out the 12th seed Luca Castelnuovo 7-6, 6-4. In an all-Indian clash, 10th seed Dev Javia defeated Keerthivassan Suresh 6- 4, 6-2 to book his spot in the second and final round of qualifying.

India’s Sidharth Rawat fought valiantly as he came from a set and 5-2 down against fifth seed Eric Vanshelboim to force a decider before bowing out in three sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Top seed Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg and second seed Kimmer Coppejans were among those who advanced to the second and final round of qualifying as well on Sunday.
The final round of the qualifying draw will take place on Monday February 3rd along with some of the main draw matches at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai.

Three Indians – Ramkumar Ramanathan, Mukund Sasikumar and Karan Singh – will feature in the main draw after receiving wildcard entries. Great Britain’s Billy Harris, ranked No 129 in the world, and South African Lloyd Harris, ranked No 142, are the top seeds in the main draw.

The Chennai Open ATP Challenger is being hosted with the support of the Government of Tamil Nadu and The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. The sponsors include Coromandel International (Platinum), Indian Overseas Bank (Gold Plus), Kauvery Hospitals (Medical Partner) Lancor Group (Silver). The Park Hotels is the Hospitality Partner, ACT Fibernet is the Fibernet Partner, and is the PR partner Red Consulting.

The Chennai Open is the first in a series of ATP Challenger events to be held in India. The tournaments to follow are scheduled to be held at Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru. Entry for spectators is free and to make the event more fan-friendly, organizers have scheduled some matches under flood lights as well.

The Doubles finals will be played on Saturday February 8, 2025 while the singles final has been
scheduled for Sunday February 9, 2025. The tournament is looking forward to the participation of the tennis fans from all over Chennai.

Chennai Open ATP Challenger Results
Sunday February 2, 2025; First Round of Singles Qualifying
[1] Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (FRA) def. Ray Ho (TPE) 7-6, 7-6
[2] Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) def. [WC] Varun Verma (IND) 6-2, 6-1
Chirag Duhan (IND) def. [3] Evgenii Tiurnev 6-4, 6-2
[4] Hynek Barton (CZE) def. Kaito Uesugi (JPN) 6-2, 6-2
[5] Eric Vanshelboim (UKR) def. Sidharth Rawat (IND) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
[6] Egor Agafonov def. Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 7-5, 2-1 (retd.)

[7] Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR) def. Rishab Agarwal (IND) 6-4, 6-3
Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND) def. [8] Dominik Palan (CZE) 6-3, 6-1
[9] Olaf Pieczkowski (POL) def. [WC] Bharath Nishok Kumaran (IND) 7-6, 6-0
[10] Dev Javia (IND) def. [WC] Keerthivassan Suresh (IND) 6-4, 6-2
[11] Maxim Zhukov def. [WC] Siddhant Banthia (IND) 6-2, 6-2
[Alt] Manish Sureshkumar (IND) def. [12] Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) 7-6, 6-4