Wildcard entrant Manish Sureshkumar stunned top seed Keegan Smith 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the first round of the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open at the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium here on Tuesday.
Manish, the World No. 737, pulled off the biggest win of his career, against Karnataka Open ATP Challenger winner Keegan.
“I’m kind of getting used to the level now, because the pace is different,” Manish, who reached the quarterfinal of the Karnataka Open last week, said. “I think he had the pressure, not me, because I was the underdog. I decided that I’m going to play freely – go for my shots, and not give away easy points,” Manish added.
Kriish Tyagi, who made a semifinal run last week, defeated Kuan-Yi Lee 7-6(8), 7-6(4). Mukund Sasikumar and Sidharth Rawat also notched up victories.
The results (Indians unless specified): Round-of-32: Alastair Gray (Gbr) bt Aradhya Kshitij 6-1, 6-2; Leo Vithoontien (Jpn) bt Digvijaypratap Singh 6-3, 6-4; Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Mas) bt Karan Singh 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Mukund Sasikumar bt Maximus Jones (Tha) 7-6(5), 7-6(5); Hamish Stewart (Gbr) bt Aditya Vishal Balsekar 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-4; Kriish Tyagi bt Kuan-Yi Lee (Tpe) 7-6(8), 7-6(4); Ilya Ivashka bt Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-2; Manish Sureshkumar bt Keegan Smith (USA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Sidharth Rawat bt Omar Jasika (Aus) 7-6(4), 6-3; Naoya Honda (Jpn) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha (Ind) 6-4, 6-1.
Published – May 19, 2026 10:18 pm IST
