India’s Yuki Bhambri wins Almaty Open title; triumph offers timely boost after medal-less Asian Games

Indian doubles player Yuki Bhambri won his first ATP Tour title of the 2026 season when he partnered American Ryan Seggerman at the Almaty Open. India’s top doubles player Yuki Bhambri won his first ATP title of the 2026 season after teaming up with American Ryan Seggerman to claim the Almaty Open on Sunday. The fourth seeded Indian-American pair beat top seeds Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner of Austria in the final in Almaty.Bhambri and Seggerman won 7-6(3), 6-7(1), (10-2) to clinch the ATP 250 title and give Bhambri his fifth career ATP Tour doubles crown.The win added to Bhambri’s collection of ATP titles. He previously won the ATP 250 in Mallorca in 2023 and Gstaad and Munich in 2024 before winning the ATP 500 title in Dubai in 2025.The 34-year-old will take confidence from Sunday’s victory, especially after returning from the Asian Games in Japan without a medal despite being expected to finish on the podium.It was Bhambri’s second ATP final of the season. At the start of the year, he finished runner-up at the ATP 250 Geneva Open to New Zealand’s Michael Venus.Bhambri reached a career high of 18th in February but has gradually fallen out of the top 40.His 2026 Grand Slam campaign included a third-round appearance in the men’s doubles at the Australian Open with Sweden’s Andre Goransson. He then crashed out in the second round of the French Open before suffering first-round exits at Wimbledon and the US Open, where he partnered Venus.Bhambri’s best Grand Slam result came in 2025 when he reached the semi-finals of the US Open with Venus. He also won the prestigious ATP 500 title in Dubai that year, partnering Australian Alexey Popyrin.