Chennai, Nov. 6 -- Indian teenager Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi's impressive run at the Chennai Open 2026 came to an end in the quarter-finals on Friday after she suffered a straight-sets defeat against USA's Robin Montgomery in the women's singles competition.

Maaya lost 3-6, 3-6 to Montgomery, who won the Libema Open WTA 250 title in the Netherlands in June, according to Olympics.com.

Despite the defeat, the 16-year-old's campaign marked a significant milestone for Indian tennis as she became the first Indian woman since Sania Mirza in 2012 to reach the quarter-finals of a WTA Tour-level singles tournament.

Mirza had reached the last eight at the Pattaya tournament in 2012. She remains the only Indian woman to win a WTA singles title, h...