Maaya's historic Chennai run ends in the quarter-finals

Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi's historic run at the Chennai Open ended in the quarter-finals on Friday 6 November, beaten 6–3, 6–3 by Robin Montgomery of the United States in one hour and 13 minutes at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai. The 17-year-old wild card, ranked 669th in the world, had become the first Indian woman since Sania Mirza in 2012 to reach a WTA Tour-level singles quarter-final, after beating eighth seed Katarzyna Kawa and Weronika Falkowska. Montgomery, ranked 151st in the world, won both sets 6–3 to reach her third tour-level semi-final, where she will face top seed and defending champion Janice Tjen on Saturday. Maaya had rallied from 2–5 down in the third set to beat Kawa, saving two match points, and she is only the fourth player born in 2009 or later to reach a WTA Tour-level quarter-final. She broke Montgomery's serve at the start of the match and rallied from 40–0 down to lead 3–2 in the first set before the American steadied.

Maaya's run is expected to lift her about 180 places in the live rankings, to around 489th. India's challenge in Chennai continues in the doubles, where Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale beat Jodie Burrage and Montgomery 7–5, 6–4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals. Montgomery, a former top-100 player who won the Libema Open title in the Netherlands in June, broke into the world's top 100 last year. Tjen reached the semi-final by beating sixth seed Polina Kudermetova 5–7, 6–4, 6–2. Maaya also lost her doubles quarter-final alongside Shrivalli Bhamidipaty later on Friday, after only a half-hour break following the singles match. The 2026 Chennai Open was the last edition of the WTA 250 event in India.