India’s challenge in the singles event of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger ended with the exit of Sumit Nagal and Siddharth Rawat in the second round at the SDAT Tennis Stadium here on Thursday. The Indian No.

1 player won the first set against Russia’s Petr Bar Biryukov and looked to be on his way to a routine win when he started to falter. He missed three break points in the second set which gave his opponent a chance to take the lead. Once in the tie-break, the 305th ranked left-hander made good use of his big serve to push the match into a decider.

Also they took a lead of 3-0. Although Nagal fought back to level at three-all, Biryukov got a decisive break in the eighth game and held serve to win 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 in just over two hours. Earlier, Rawat lost to Max Kasnikowski 2-6, 3-6.

In the doubles event, Indo-Thai pair of Nikki Pooncha and Pruchya Isaro reached the last four with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Lohitaksh Bathrinath and Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam. He faced S.

D. Will be from All India Pair.

Prajwal Dev and Nitin Sinha for a place in the final. Blazing Bar Biryukov ๐Ÿ”ฅ A 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 comeback ๐Ÿ†š Nagal moves into Chennai quarter-finals #ATPChallengerpic. twitter.

com/NQDbB0QtWH โ€” ATP Challenger (@ATPChallenger) February 12, 2026 Result: Second Round: Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) beats Oliver Crawford (GBR) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(5); Ilya Simakin bt Filip Sekulic (Australia) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(1); Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) bt Duje Ajdukovic (Croatia) 6-3, 6-4; Petr Bar Biryukov (Russia) beat Sumit Nagal 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3; Max Kasnikowski (Polish) beat Siddharth Rawat 6-2, 6-3; Ioannis Zilas (Gray) bt Eric VanShelboim (UKR) 6-3, 6-4. Doubles: Quarterfinals: Pruchya Isaro (Tha) and Nikki Poonacha beat Lohitaksh Bathrinath and Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-4, 6-1; Jay Clarke (GBR) and Mukund Sasikumar defeated Siddhant Banthia and Saketh Myneni 7-5, 6-4; S.

D. Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha defeated Ishaq Iqbal and Manish Sureshkumar 4-6, 6-2, [10-8]; Felix Gil & Alastair Gray (GBR) bt Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) & Ryo Noguchi (JPN) 7-6(2), 7-6(5).