Indian Teen Sunish Records First Challenger Win
Indian players take up 18 of the 32 main draw spots at this week’s ATP Challenger Tour event in Pune, but the youngest player competing in drew plenty of headlines locally for his milestone win. Sixteen-year-old Dhruv Sunish made the most of his wild card with an opening-round victory over fellow Indian Siddharth Vishwakarma, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. The win gave Sunish, competing in only the fourth pro event of his career, his first ATP Challenger Tour win. The teenager showed plenty of fighting spirit in his second-round loss on Wednesday to top seed Evgeny Donskoy of Russia. Despite the loss, Sunish said he was grateful to see how he stacked up against an experienced player. “Playing against Donskoy was an...