Manish Sureshkumar makes main draw; Karan Singh ousted in opening round

India’s Manish Sureshkumar qualified for the main draw of men’s singles, while Karan Singh was ousted from the first round of the Delhi Open 2026 tennis tournament after losing to seventh seed Daniel Michalski of Poland at the DLTA Complex on Monday.

In other first-round main draw matches, fifth seed Oliver Crawford of Great Britain scored a hard-fought 7-6, 6-5 win over Croatia’s Duje Ajdukovic, while Belgium’s Michael Geerts defeated Lithuania’s Edas Butvilas 6-3, 7-5.

In final-round qualifying action on Monday, India’s Manish Sureshkumar fought back from a 5-3 deficit in the second set to secure a 6-3, 7-5 win over the Republic of Korea’s Park Ui-sung.

The 26-year-old is the only Indian tennis player to make it out of the qualifying draw. Sureshkumar entered the qualifying draw at the last minute as an alternate but has made the most of his opportunity.

The other Indian in the final round of qualifying - Ramkumar Ramanathan - went down in straight sets to South Korea’s Chung Hyeon, a former world No. 19 who has previously defeated Novak Djokovic en route to the semi-finals of the 2018 Australian Open.

The 29-year-old Chung Hyeon is currently world No. 393 after returning to the tour in late 2024 following persistent back injuries that forced him off the circuit.

Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan, Ioannis Xilas of Greece, Maks Kasnikowski of Poland and Alexandr Binda of Italy also won their final round qualifying matches.

Somdev Devvarman remains the only Indian singles champion in the tournament’s history, having won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015.

Saketh Myneni-Sanam Singh and Yuki Bhambri-Mahesh Bhupathi have lifted the doubles title in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

Delhi Open 2026: Day 2 Results

Men’s singles main draw - first round

[5] Oliver Crawford (GBR) bt. Duje Ajdukovic (CRO) 7-6 (3), 7-5

[7] Daniel Michalski (POL) bt. [WC] Karan Singh (IND) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3

Michael Geerts (BEL) bt. Edas Butvilas (LTU) 6-3, 7-5

Men’s singles qualifying - final round

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