Khushi Kadian of Haryana kept her bid for a historic triple alive at the 31st Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship on 16 October 2026, winning the Girls U-16 doubles title alongside Tamil Nadu's Sanmitha Harini at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi. The 13-year-old also advanced to the singles finals in both the U-16 and U-14 categories, setting up a potentially landmark day on Saturday.

Doubles Title Secured

Third seeds Kadian and Harini defeated fourth seeds Purvi Patwa and Ranjhana Sangram 6-3, 6-3 in the Girls U-16 doubles final, with the victory coming at the end of a gruelling day that saw Kadian play her third match. 'In the first set, we were 5-0 up, and then we pulled it back a little bit, and it became 5-3. I think we did overall well; our serves, volleys, everything was good,' Harini said after the match.

Kadian's Singles Run

Earlier in the day, Kadian swept through both her singles semifinal commitments, conceding a combined total of just seven games. In the Girls U-16 semifinal, the 14th seed upset third seed Aaradhya Meena 6-0, 6-3 and will face seventh seed Ranjhana Sangram in the final — the same opponent she just defeated in doubles. Sangram had beaten fifth seed Akshita Antil 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

'The match was good. She was playing very aggressively, so I tried to keep the rallies going,' Kadian said of her semifinal win over Meena. 'She was competing very hard, and the rallies were very strong, but I managed to get short balls and take advantage of them.'

In the Girls U-14 semifinal, Kadian defeated Saanvi Mohan 6-1, 6-3 to set up a final against second seed Siddhi Pandey, who rallied dramatically from 5-1 down in the second set to beat 10th seed Aaradhana Tehlan 6-1, 7-6 (7-5). 'I really want to win the Nationals as it's a very big tournament. It's the biggest tournament of the year in India, and I'm very hungry for these two nationals, so I will try my best to win the finals,' Kadian said.

Saroha One Win from a Double

Chandigarh's Ribhav Saroha, who claimed the Boys U-18 title last week, moved within one victory of completing a double after storming into the Boys U-16 singles final. The top seed was dominant, dismissing Kushagra Arora 6-0, 6-1, dropping just a single game. He will face unseeded Yashwin Dahiya, who produced a major run, defeating three seeded players this week including a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win over eighth seed Vivaan Mirdha that lasted more than two-and-a-half hours.

'I played really well today. I was able to play every shot aggressively and inside the court,' Saroha said. 'Last year, my friend Tavish Pahwa won the U-18 and U-16 titles, and I want to try and do the same thing. It will be a great feeling if I win tomorrow.'

Other Finals and Doubles Results

In the Boys U-14 singles final, second seed Puneeth Manohar of Karnataka will take on fifth seed S. Chintagunta of Telangana. Manohar was imperious, conceding just two games in a 6-0, 6-2 win over ninth seed Sujai Pothula.

In doubles action, Rajasthan's Vivaan Mirdha and Haryana's Harsh Marwaha claimed the Boys U-16 doubles crown with a 6-4, 6-3 win. Top seeds Aarav Chhallani and Puneeth Manohar won the Boys U-14 doubles title 6-2, 6-2, while third seeds Sara Fengse and Trisha Bhosale of Maharashtra took the Girls U-14 doubles crown 7-5, 6-1. All three singles finals are scheduled for Saturday.