SD Prajwal Dev and Digvijay Pratap Singh failed to make the main draw of the Pune ATP Challenger 2026 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Kreeda Sankul, Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium, on Monday.
SD Prajwal Dev went down 6-4, 6-2 against Takuya Kumasaka of Japan, while Digvijay Pratap Singh was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Chinese Taipei’s Wu Tung-lin in their respective final round qualifier matches.
Ilya Ivashka pulled off the upset of the day after knocking out top seed Federico Agustin Gomez of Argentina in a three-set battle in the opening round of the main draw.
Ivashka dominated the opening set before Gomez roared back to take the second. The decider went down to an intense tiebreaker, where Ivashka held his nerve to seal a 6-1, 1-6, 7(9)-6(7) victory in a match lasting two hours and 25 minutes.
Japan’s Yuta Shimizu produced a clinical performance to defeat Italy’s Lorenzo Carboni 6-4, 6-4, while Croatia’s Duje Ajdukovic also advanced comfortably with a 6-2, 6-4 win over the Republic of Korea’s Sanhui Shin.
Meanwhile, Great Britain’s Alastair Gray battled past Poland’s Daniel Michalski 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a hard-fought contest. Japan’s Maks Kasnikowski, Masamichi Imamura, Yusuke Takahashi and Malaysia’s Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong were the qualifiers who made the singles main draw.
Results: Men’s singles (Round I): Ilya Ivashka beat 1-Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) 6-1, 1-6, 7(9)-6(7); Yuta Shimizu (JPN) beat Lorenzo Carboni (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Alastair Gray (GBR) beat Daniel Michalski (POL) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Duje Ajdukovic (CRO) beat Sanhui Shin (KOR) 6-2, 6-4.
Final qualifying round: 7-Takuya Kumasaka (JPN) beat S D Prajwal Dev (IND) 6-4, 6-2; 2-Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) beat Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND) 7-5, 6-4; 1-Maks Kasnikowski (POL) beat Egor Agafonov 6-4, 6-4; 11-Masamichi Imamura (JPN) beat 3-David Jorda Sanchis (ESP) 6-4, 6-3; Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (MAS) beat 8-Tsung-Hao Huang (TPE) 6-2, 6-3; 10-Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) beat 6-Alexander Binda (ITA) 6-4, 6-3.
