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The Indian situation successful the singles lawsuit astatine the Chennai Open ATP Challenger fizzled retired with the exit of Sumit Nagal and Sidharth Rawat successful the 2nd circular astatine the SDAT Tennis Stadium present connected Thursday.
The India No. 1 took the archetypal acceptable against Russian Petr Bar Biryukov and appeared connected people for a regular triumph erstwhile helium began to flounder. He fto gaffe 3 break-points successful the 2nd acceptable which allowed his hostile to enactment afloat.
Once into the tie-break, the left-hander, ranked No. 305, utilized his large service to bully effect to propulsion the lucifer into the decider. Also, helium raced to a 3-0 lead.
Sumit Nagal successful enactment astatine the Chennai Open ATP Challenger successful Chennai connected Thursday, February 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU
Though Nagal fought backmost to level astatine three-all, Biryukov earned the decisive interruption successful the eighth crippled and held service to seal a 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 triumph successful conscionable implicit 2 hours.
Earlier, Rawat went down 2-6, 3-6 to Maks Kasnikowski.
In the doubles event, the Indo-Thai pairing of Niki Poonacha and Pruchya Isaro precocious to the past 4 with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph implicit Lohithaksha Bathrinath and Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam. They volition look the all-Indian pairing of S.D. Prajwal Dev and Nitin Sinha for a spot successful the final.
The results: Second round: Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) bt Oliver Crawford (GBr) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(5); Ilia Simakin bt Philip Sekulic (Aus) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(1); Frederico Ferreira Silva (Por) bt Duje Ajdukovic (Cro) 6-3, 6-4; Petr Bar Biryukov (Rus) bt Sumit Nagal 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3; Maks Kasnikowski (Pol) bt Sidharth Rawat 6-2, 6-3; Ioannis Xilas (Gre) bt Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Quarterfinals: Pruchya Isaro (Tha) & Niki Poonacha bt Lohithaksha Bathrinath & Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-4, 6-1; Jay Clarke (GBr) & Mukund Sasikumar bt Siddhant Banthia & Saketh Myneni 7-5, 6-4; S.D. Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Ishaque Eqbal & Manish Sureshkumar 4-6, 6-2, [10-8]; Felix Gill & Alastair Gray (GBr) bt Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) & Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 7-6(2), 7-6(5).
