ATP Delhi Open 2026: Michalski Edges Karan Singh In Three-Set Thriller; Sureshkumar Reaches Main Draw

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New Delhi, Feb 17: India's Karan Singh lost a tight three-set match to seventh seed Daniel Michalski of Poland in the Delhi Open first round on Monday (February 16). The ATP Challenger 75 event is at the DLTA Complex. It runs from 16 to 22 February. The draw features 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.

Michalski beat wild card Singh 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 after a tense fight. He said, "I was already with one foot outside of the tournament. Then my game came back, and I showed way better tennis at the end. Tennis on the higher level is a sport of very tiny margins."

Crawford, Geerts advance; Sureshkumar shines in qualifying

Fifth seed Oliver Crawford of Great Britain also moved through. He defeated Croatia's Duje Ajdukovic 7-6, 7-5 in another close match. Belgium's Michael Geerts joined them in the second round. He posted a 6-3, 7-5 win over Lithuania's Edas Butvilas in straight sets.

In final qualifying, India's Manish Sureshkumar beat Korea's Uisung Park 6-3, 7-5. He came back from 3-5 down in the second set. The 26-year-old was the only Indian to clear qualifying. He said the DLTA court was among his favourites and felt special after the fightback.

Sureshkumar entered qualifying late as an alternate. He said, "Sometimes unexpected things happen when you don't expect things to happen and I think this is one of them and I just want to keep the momentum going in the main draw. I'm kind of the underdog so I just want to keep the momentum going now."

Chung stops Ramanathan; seeds progress from qualifying

The other Indian in the final qualifying round, Ramkumar Ramanathan, lost in straight sets. He fell 6-2, 6-2 to Korea's Hyeon Chung. Chung once reached No. 19 in the world. He beat Novak Djokovic before the 2018 Australian Open semi-finals, and returned from back issues in late 2024.

Top seed Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan reached the main draw as an alternate. He beat Bulgaria's Alexander Donski 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Second seed Ioannis Xilas of Greece beat Ukraine's Eric Vanshelboim 6-3, 6-2. Fourth seed Maks Kasnikowski of Poland beat Kazakhstan's Grigoriy Lomakin 6-1, 6-2.

Seventh seed Alexandr Binda of Italy also advanced. He received a walkover against Switzerland's Luca Castelnuovo. The day's full singles results included the wins for Crawford, Michalski, Geerts and Sureshkumar. They joined the successful qualifying seeds Yevseyev, Xilas, Kasnikowski, Binda and Chung in the main draw.

Day 2 match results

Tournament history, points and prize money

The Delhi Open is in its sixth edition as an ATP Challenger 75 event. Somdev Devvarman is the only Indian singles champion. He won titles in 2014 and 2015. All-Indian pairs Saketh Myneni/Sanam Singh and Yuki Bhambri/Mahesh Bhupathi won the doubles trophies in 2015 and 2016.