Indian tennis has lost its lone ATP 250 competition, an event that was first held back in 1996 and was previously run under the name Tata Open Maharashtra, in a loss for the nation’s ATP Tour presence. When the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association decided to stop hosting the tournament after 13 long years, the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association prevented it from leaving the nation in 2018.
MSLTA, the Maharashtra government, IMG, and RISE Worldwide (a project of the Reliance Group), the tournament’s owner, came to an agreement to hold the competition. Although no contract has yet been finalised, it has also been learned that the competition would be moved to Hong Kong.