Hyderabad’s Hruthik Katakam to lead India in Junior Davis Cup qualifiers

Hyderabad tennis player Hruthik Katakam has been selected as India’s No.1 player for the Junior Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying event 2026 after winning all five matches in the selection trials. He recently claimed ITF junior singles and doubles titles in Gurugram.

Hyderabad: Hruthik Katakam of Hyderabad has been selected as the No.1 player to represent India in the

Junior Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying event 2026.

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The other two members of the team are Ribhav Saroha and Tavish Pahwa while Rana Banerjee will be the coach.

For the record, Hruthik, who trains at Trinity Challengers Tennis Academy (Habsiguda) here under theHenry Praveen and Ramakrishna with former Davis Cupper Vishnuvardhan as the mentor, has won all the five matches in the selection trials.

Hruthik defeated Tavish of Haryana 6-4, 6-3, Paranjay of Haryana 7-5, 6-1, Ribhav of Chandigarh 6-2, 6-0, Lakshya of Andhra Pradesh 6-4, 6-2 and Divey of Haryana 6-0, 6-2.

The young talent from the City recently won the ITF Juniors singles and doubles title in Gurugram.