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Delhi Lawn Tennis Association: India’s Niki Poonacha and Zimbabwe’s Courtney Lock kicked off their Delhi Open 2025 doubles campaign with a hard-fought 2-6, 7-6(5), 10-6 victory over Czech duo Marek Gengel and Dalibor Svrcina at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday. The second seeds endured a tough opening set but fought back in a tense tiebreaker before sealing the win in a decisive match tiebreak.

Organised by the All-India Tennis Association (AITA) and the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association, the Delhi Open 2025 is an ATP Challenger 75 tournament played on hard courts with USD 100,000 as prize money on offer. The winners of the singles and doubles events also rake in 75 crucial ATP points.

Following the withdrawal of top seeds, Blake Ellis and Tristan Schoolkate, Poonacha and Lock are now the highest-ranked pair remaining in the draw. Their replacements, India’s Parth Aggarwal and Sidharth Rawat, fell in their opener to Enzo Couacaud and Kelsey Stevenson.