17-Year-Old Maaya Revathi Creates History, Becomes First Indian Since Sania Mirza In 2012 To Achieve Huge Feat

Maaya Rajeshwaran scripted history in the WTA Chennai Open 2026

Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi scripted history in the WTA Chennai Open 2026 on Wednesday (November 4) as she continued up upset the odds in the Round of 16 clash at the Centre Court of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu Tennis Stadium. The 17-year-old star defeated World No. 277, Weronika Falkowska in straight sets by a 6-4, 6-4 margin to seal her place in the quarter-finals.

Maaya has scripted history on back-to-back days after knocking out 8th seed Katarzyna Kawa (World No. 115), who is also from Poland in the Round of 16 on Tuesday (November 3). She won her first match in the home tournament in a three-set thriller by a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) margin.

The teenager has become the first Indian since Sania Mirza at the Pattaya Open in 2012 to reach the quarter-finals of a WTA Tour-level event in the women's singles. Overall, she is the third Indian to find herself in the last eight alongside Sania as well as Sheikha Oberoi, who reached the QF of the 2005 Kolkata Open, where she lost to Russia's Anastasia Myskina, who was the top seed and proved to…

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