PUNE, February 23, 2026 (Media Release)
Former top-50 star Ilya Ivashka pulled off the upset of the day, knocking out top seed Federico Agustin Gomez in a thrilling three-set battle in the opening round of the PMRDA Powered Maha Open ATP Challenger 75 Men’s Tennis Championship organized by Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association (MSLTA) in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services Govt of Maharashtra, PCMC, PMC and PMDTA and sponsored by Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) and played at the Shiv Chhatrapati Kreeda Sankul, Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium
Ivashka dominated the opening set 6-1 before Gomez roared back to take the second 6-1. The decider went down to a nail-biting tie-break, where Ivashka held his nerve to seal a 6-1, 1-6, 7-6(7) victory in match lasting two hours and 25 minutes and book his place in the second round .
Japan’s Yuta Shimizu produced a clinical performance to defeat Italy’s Lorenzo Carboni 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets. Britain’s Alastair Gray battled past Poland’s Daniel Michalski 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a hard-fought contest. Croatia’s Duje Ajdukovic also advanced comfortably with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Korea’s Shin San-hui.
It was a bad day for the two Indian qualifiers Takuya Kumasaka of Japan felled S D Prajwal Dev 6-4, 6-2 , while Chinese Taipei’s Tung-Lin Wu scored a 7-5, 6-4 win over Digvijaypratap Singh in the final round qualifying matches .
Maks Kasnikowski , Masamichi Imamura , Yusuke Takahashi and Malaysian Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong were the other qualifiers.
MONDAY RESULTS
First Round – Singles
Ilya Ivashka bt Federico Agustin Gomez[1](ARG)6-1, 1-6, 7-6(7)
Yuta Shimizu (JPN) bt Lorenzo Carboni (ITA)6-4, 6-4
Alastair Gray (Gbr) Vs Daniel Michalski (Pol) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Duje Ajdukovic (Cro) bt Sanhui Shin (Kor) 6-2, 6-4
Qualifying – Final Round
Takuya Kumasaka[7] (Jpn) bt S D Prajwal Dev (Ind) 6-4, 6-2
Tung-Lin Wu [2](Tpe) bt Digvijaypratap Singh (Ind) 7-5, 6-4
Maks Kasnikowski[1](Pol) bt Egor Agafonov 6-4, 6-4
Masamichi Imamura[11] (Jpn) bt David Jorda Sanchis [3] (Esp)6-4, 6-3
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Mas) bt Tsung-Hao Huang [8](Tpe) 6-2, 6-3
Yusuke Takahashi [10](Jpn) bt Alexander Binda [6] (Ita) 6-4, 6-3
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