Vaishnavi, Sahaja and Maaya Get Main-Draw Wild Cards for Chennai Open WTA 250 International Women’s Tennis Championship 2026

The Chennai Open WTA 250 International Women’s Tennis Championships 2026 is gathering momentum as the organisers allotted the main-draw wild cards to the top Indian players— 21-year-old Vaishnavi Adkar, 25-year-old Sahaja Yamalapalli and the upcoming talent 17 year old Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi.

The fourth wild card has been awarded to 21-year-old Katherine Hui of the United States, winner of the 2023 US Open Junior Championships. With these announcements, all four main-draw wild cards for the tournament have been allotted.

In the previous edition, Vaishnavi Adkar, ranked No. 332 at the time, qualified for the main draw, while Sahaja Yamalapalli, ranked No. 368, advanced to the second round. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, ranked No. 716, has also been in impressive form, recently winning both the singles and doubles titles at a W35 event in Portugal.

Commenting on the wild-card selections, Vijay Amritraj, President of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA), said, “I am confident that Vaishnavi, Sahaja and Maaya will use the home conditions to do well in the prestigious WTA 250 event.”