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Dafa News Bengaluru Open: Top seed Pedro Martinez trumped Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov in the Singles Final of the 10th Dafa News Bengaluru Open 2026, 7-6(5), 6-3 at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium today to claim the singles title and a cash prize of 33,650 USD.

Meanwhile, the duo of Colombian Nicolas Barrientos and American Benjamin Kittay defeated the French duo of Arthur Reymond and Luca Sanchez 7-6(9), 7-5, to claim the doubles title along with a 9,900 USD cash prize.

In the rain-interrupted final, Spain's Martinez was close to breaking early in the third game of the first set, but Skatov showed strong defence and continued to keep games close with sustained service pressure. The Kazakh raised his level in the ninth game, winning long rallies with deep returns, but Martinez held firm and proceeded to put Skatov under pressure in the following game. Skatov saved a couple of set points in a long, drawn-out hold to push the set into a tie-break, where Martinez edged ahead and capitalised on a few unforced errors from Skatov to take the opening set.