Maaya Rajeshwaran staged a spectacular comeback to defeat Jessica Failla, while top seed Petra Marcinko's unexpected retirement made headlines, as the qualifying draw concluded, as per Mumbai Open press release.
It was a memorable day for Indian tennis as one of the bright young players, Maaya Rajeshwaran, set the cat among the pigeons by causing an upset on the first day of qualifying for the Mumbai Open WTA 125 Series, in Mumbai at the Cricket Club of India.
Dishing out an impressive show, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi scored an upset win over world number 60 Ada Kumru in the girls singles event of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) J300 event, where top seed and title-favourite Yoana Konstantinova was also knocked out on day two of the tour
Apart from Senthil, who made a number of finals on the ITF junior circuit in season 2024, India's other top-5 players, Hitesh Chauhan (R3), Arnav Paparkar (R4), and Varun Verma (R5) -- have also secured their places in the main draw of the boys tournament
Korea's Wonmin Kim and Jiyun Oh clinched a double crown each, emerging as both singles and doubles champions in boys' and girls' events respectively. India's Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi settled as girls' singles runner-up while compatriot Haritha Shree-Venkatesh finished third.