Karan Singh and Manas Dhamne have been awarded main draw wild cards for the upcoming Delhi Open, which begins on February 16, 2026, at the DLTA Complex. The Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) also confirmed a main draw wild card for Digvijay Pratap Singh, along with four qualifying singles
The Main Draw ceremony was attended by Indian Wild Card recipients Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi and Vaishnavi Adkar, along with India's doubles player Rutuja Bhosale. Also present were MSLTA Honorary Secretary Sunder Iyer, Joint Secretary Nikhil Sampath, and India's Billi
Homegrown talent and Maharashtra's No.1 Women's Singles player, Vaishnavi Adkar, has been given a Wild Card into the Main Draw at the upcoming L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series, which will be held at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in Mumbai.
The main draw is scheduled from February 2-8, 2026. The Indian star will be eager to make her mark against prominent international opponents in the Mumbai Open, as per a press release from MSLTA.
Emerging Indian tennis talent, Dhakshineswar Suresh, has been named as a wild card entrant for the singles main draw for Bengaluru Open's landmark 10th edition, scheduled to be held from January 5-11, 2026, at the S M Krishna Tennis Stadium, Bengaluru
Malti Chahar, who entered Bigg Boss 19 as a wild card contestant a few weeks ago, seems to have had a fallout with fellow contestant Tanya Mittal. The two were seen bonding well last week, but the latest promo of the reality show hints that things have taken a turn.
The two-time US Open champion, who won the title in 2000, 2001, will be joining fellow Americans Clervie Ngounoue, Julieta Pareja, Caty McNally, Valerie Glozman and Alyssa Ahn, France's Caroline Garcia, a 2022 semifinalist, and Australian Talia Gibson in the wild card category.
Venus Williams is set to compete at the US Open, which is scheduled to take place next month. She will enter the mixed doubles event with Reilly Opelka via a wild-card entry.
Meanwhile, Kriish Tyagi and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will compete in the qualifying rounds as wild cards, looking to secure a spot in the main draw, as per a press release from KSLTA.
Former World No. 31 Lloyd Harris and 2019 Wimbledon Boys' Singles champion Shintaro Mochizuki will be among the Top 8 seeds at the 2025 Delhi Open, an ATP Challenger 75 event returning for its fifth edition at the DLTA Complex from February 10-16.
After stealing attention with her stint in Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives, Shalini Passi has now made a wild card entry in another reality TV show 'Bigg Boss 18'.