5 of India's young, rising tennis talents

Vasisht Cheruku

Cheruku has shown both singles and doubles proficiency

India’s top-ranked Under-18 player, Vasisht Cheruku most recently participated at a Futures event in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and partnered by Suraj R Prabodh, exited in the semi-finals at the event, but put up a spirited fight, taking the first set to a tiebreak and the match to a super tiebreak before his eventual loss.

He has shown some proficiency in the singles, too, reaching the finals of an ITF Juniors event in Kolkata last year. Perhaps one of the few youngsters in India who have shown skill in both singles and doubles, Cheruku is only in the fledgling stages of his professional career, and should he be able to keep up his ITF circuit consistency, can do well in the future.