Who is Nishesh Basavareddy? - The Indian Man who gave nightmares to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open 2025

At this moment, everyone is talking about Nishesh Basvareddy the Indian-origin player from the US playing against Novak Djokovic. The Tennis legend was stunned by Nishsesh after he took him out on the first set winning 6-4. Djokovic known for his aggressive gameplay and power was stunned to see a player having the same intensity as him. Basavareddy shocked tennis great Novak Djokovic many times with his clever gameplay and gave him some powerful serves. Nishesh even won a marathon rally against the tennis great in the first set of the game. So, who is Nishesh Basavareddy and what is his origin?

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Indian Origin Boy

Nishesh parents were from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh in India who moved to the US even before Nishesh was born. The 19-year-old was born on May 2, 2005 in California. From childhood, he was very fond of playing tennis and wanted to become a tennis pro. From his childhood days, he played tennis and his passion for the game has brought him to the Australian Open Grand Slam Singles.

First Tennis title

Nishesh won his first big title with Ozan Baris at the 2022 US Open after they won the Boy's doubles championship title. He made his main draw debut at the 2025 Brisbane International and won against Borna Gojo and Lucas Pouille. He also defeated the Number 23 seed Alejandro Tabilo and the No. 8 seed Alex Michelsen.

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Youngest American to reach ATP semis

At 18, Nishesh became the youngest american tennis player to reach tour-level semifinals on hard courts. He is now in the top 115 rankings being a 107th seed in the ATP rankings.

First Major Grand Slam

The Australian Open 2025 is Nishesh’s first major Grand Slam tournament and he is already giving nightmares to 10-time AO Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic. For each point, the Serbian was made to fight hard against the 19-year-old american. Reddy looks like a promising young talent who could end the american drought of winning a grand slam title. For us Indians, he is like an inspiration to celebrate and the remainder to have more talent in our country to play international-level tennis games.

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