Federico Agustin Gomez advanced to the singles semifinals with a straight-sets victory over Denis Yevseyev at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger. The doubles final will feature an all-Indian matchup guaranteed, pitting Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Pruchya Isaro against Mukund Sasikumar and Jay Clarke. Ilia Simakin and Frederico Ferreira Silva also progressed to the singles last four.
The Chennai Open ATP Challenger 2026 continued at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam, Chennai, on February 13, with quarterfinal results determining the singles semifinals and securing a doubles final spot.
In singles, second seed Federico Agustin Gomez of Argentina defeated Kazakhstan's Denis Yevseyev 6-3, 6-4, marking his third straight win in the tournament. The 29-year-old, a four-time ATP Challenger Tour singles champion, did not drop serve and broke Yevseyev's delivery to advance. Gomez will face fourth seed Ilia Simakin in the semifinals. Simakin, a 22-year-old on a nine-match winning streak after his maiden Challenger title in Thailand last week, overcame Russia's Petr Bar Biryukov 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 in a match lasting nearly two-and-a-half hours. This followed his three-set win over Philip Sekulic the previous day.
The other semifinal pits sixth seed Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal against unseeded Maks Kasnikowski of Poland. Ferreira Silva, seeking his first Challenger singles title, beat Greece's Ioannis Xilas 6-2, 6-4 without dropping a set this week. Kasnikowski, a two-time Challenger champion, defeated Switzerland's Luca Castelnuovo 6-3, 7-6(5), also winning all matches in straight sets.
In doubles, top seeds Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha of India and Pruchya Isaro of Thailand defeated the all-Indian pair of S.D. Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4, 6-1 to reach the final. Poonacha noted, “I believe we played more aggressive and with lot of energy today. We were able to get the lead at the start but we dozed off a bit which gave them a chance to come back but we are happy we closed it.” Isaro added, “I love to play in Chennai. I feel I am playing in my second home and want to thank everyone for supporting us.”
The final opponents are unseeded Mukund Sasikumar of India and Jay Clarke of Great Britain, who saved a match point to beat Felix Gill and Alastair Gray 7-6(7), 4-6, 13-11. With Poonacha and Sasikumar on opposing sides, an Indian is guaranteed to win the doubles title. The event offers USD 63,000 in prize money, with the singles winner receiving USD 9,500 and 50 ranking points.
