Fenesta Open 2026: Manish Sureshkumar, Vaidehee Chaudhari Make Winning Starts; Soha Sadiq Stuns Sixth Seed

New Delhi, October 5: Top seeds Manish Sureshkumar and Vaidehee Chaudhari made winning starts at the 31st Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship, scoring comfortable straight-sets victories at the DLTA Complex on Monday.

Defending champion Sureshkumar beat Prasad Ingale 6-1, 6-2 in 61 minutes, while two-time champion Chaudhari, returning after missing last year due to injury, defeated Riya Sachdeva 6-0, 6-1 in 56 minutes.

"It was a good start. I just tried to be solid because it was the first match. I tried to put as many balls on the court and get the rhythm," Sureshkumar said. "I think I was serving really well today. Hopefully, I can continue the momentum."

The 27-year-old Tamil Nadu player, bidding for a third title, also said he enjoys competing at the DLTA Complex. "This is one of my favourite venues. I feel confident playing here," he added.

Chaudhari won the first 11 games of her opening match before Sachdeva finally got on the scoreboard.

"I played really well. I was 6-0, 5-0 up; I wanted to finish in love and love," she said. "Now I'm looking forward to my second-round match."

The first major upset came in women's singles, with Soha Sadiq defeating sixth seed Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 6-1 in 86 minutes. "Jennifer is not an easy player to play against. She is very persistent and is a very good player. I am happy I won," Sadiq said.

In men's singles, Nitin Sinha, Maan Kesharwani and Rohan Mehra advanced, while seventh seed Madhwin Kamath lost to Parth Aggarwal in three sets. Shruti Ahlawat and Akanksha Nitture also progressed in the women's draw.

Suraj Prabodh led eight players through qualifying into the main draw, with veteran Lakshit Sood and juniors Aditya Mor and Prakaash Sarran among the qualifiers.

In the Boys U-18 event, top seed Praneel Sharma opened with a 6-0, 6-0 win, while Om Ramesh Patel, Parjanya Adury and Kushagra Arora also advanced. The Girls U-18 draw also began, with Riddhi Shinde, Paavani Bisht, Pooja Nagaraj and Sanidya Karantoth among the first-round winners.

Fenesta Open 2026: First Round Results

Men's Singles - First Round

• Manish Sureshkumar [1] bt Prasad Ingale - 6-1, 6-2
• Nitin Sinha [3] bt K Suresh - 6-2, 6-2
• Maan Kesharwani [6] bt Vansh Bisht - 6-4, 6-4
• Parth Aggarwal bt Madhwin Kamath [7] - 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
• Rohan Mehra [8] bt A Senthilkumar - 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Pranav Karthik bt Suhith Lanka - 6-4, 6-4
• Debasis Sahoo bt Irfan Husain - 7-5, 7-6
• Men's Singles - Final Qualifying Round
• Suraj R Prabodh [1] bt Aditya Satpathy - 6-2, 6-1
• Lakshit Sood bt Sandesh D Kurale [2] - 6-3, 6-4
• Rohith Gobinath [3] bt Prajwal Tewari - 6-4, 6-2
• Sunil Malik [9] bt Mayand Tewary [5] - 6-7, 6-2, 10-5
• Aditya Mor [6] bt G Kothapalli - 6-1, 1-0 (retired)
• Jagmeet Singh [8] bt Chandan Shivaraj - 6-3, 7-6
• D Vennapusa [13] bt Srikar Doni - 7-6, 4-6, 11-9
• Prakaash Sarran bt M Kudumala - 7-5, 6-1

Women's Singles - First Round

• Vaidehee Chaudhari [1] bt Riya Sachdeva - 6-0, 6-1
• Shruti Ahlawat [2] bt Chevika Sama - 6-4, 6-0
• Akanksha Nitture [3] bt Lakshmi Gowda - 7-6, 7-6
• Soha Sadiq bt Jennifer Luikham [6] - 6-4, 6-1
• Akansha Ghosh bt Divya Bhardwaj - 6-4, 6-2
• Saily Thakkar bt Pooja Ingale - 6-3, 6-3
• Yubrani Banerjee bt Hasini Davunaboina - 6-1, 6-0

Boys U-18 - First Round

• Praneel Sharma [1] bt Ritvik Dutt - 6-0, 6-0
• Om Ramesh Patel [4] bt Gyansh Manchanda - 6-2, 6-0
• Parjanya Adury [7] bt Gaurish Madaan - 6-0, 6-4
• Kushagra Arora [8] bt Aritra Sasmal - 6-3, 6-0
• Sharan Somasi [11] bt Chandra Kopparapu - 6-1, 6-3
• Veer Jiten Madam bt Yaj Malik [14] - 6-1, 6-1
• Yashwin Dahiya [15] bt Ryan Mehta - 6-2, 6-0
• Lakshya Chukka [16] bt Lakshay Drall - 6-0, 6-2
• C Yale bt Rehaan Theodore - 6-4, 6-4
• Sarthak Gaikwad bt Ahaan Khanna - 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Tejas Ravi bt Nithik Sivakumar - 6-3, 6-4
• Anay Pandey bt Raunak Gilra - 6-2, 7-5
• Sangram Bhadury bt Harsh Nandal - 6-2, 6-1
• Mehul Jothish bt Ashwin Kabilan - 7-5, 6-3
• Aryaveer Sharma bt Gurrshan Mehta - 6-1, 7-5
• Rishi Yadav bt Arnav Bhuyan - 6-3, 6-2
• Srikar Doni bt Aksh Jood - 6-1, 6-3

Girls U-18 - First Round

• Riddhi Shinde bt Zoha Qureshi - 6-2, 6-1
• Paavani Bisht bt Ruhin Kaushal - 6-2, 6-0
• Pooja Nagaraj bt Vrandika Raput - 6-1, 6-3
• Sanidya Karantoth bt Mahi Raulji - 6-0, 6-3
• Mehul Malik bt Dyuti Jain - 7-5, 6-1
• Anjhalle Meka bt Aafreen Rahil - 6-0, 6-4
• Diya Chaudhary bt Vani Bansal - 6-1, 6-0
• Aniha Gavinolla bt Sanmitha Harini - 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Harsha Oruganti bt Sherry Sharma - 6-1, 6-2
• Tejaswi Manneni bt Chanchal Malik - 6-1, 6-0
• Iha Joshi bt Aarnavi Tomar - 6-1, 6-0
• Miraya Agrawal bt Mehr Muralidass - 6-1, 6-0
• Manvi Gupta bt Anarva Shyamraj - 6-1, 6-0
• Thatiparthy Hemaza bt Rathi Manvi - 6-1, 6-3

Results at the time of writing, with some matches still underway.