WTT Star Contender Goa 2024: Updated schedule ,fixtures, and live Streaming details

This is the 2nd edition of WTT Star Contender event in Goa

The WTT Star Contender Goa 2024, India’s largest table tennis tournament, will return for its second edition in Goa from January 23 to 28. The tournament is one of the six-star Contender series events that only allows the top 30 players in the world to participate, with a minimum of six players from the top 20 in the world rankings.

The tournament offers a prize pool of USD 250,000 and ranking points for the players. It also serves as a qualifier for the WTT Cup Finals and WTT Champions Series.

The first edition of the WTT Star Contender Goa was held last year and featured some of the world’s top players, such as world No. 1 Fan Zhendong, Japanese sensation Tomokazu Harimoto, world No. 4 Wang Yidi, and world No. 5 Hina Hayata. The tournament also had the highest number of Indian players for a WTT event, with 40 participants.

The men’s and women’s singles titles were won by China’s Liang Jingkun and Yidi respectively in the previous edition of the tournament.

The tournament is co-organized by Stupa Sports Analytics and Ultimate Table Tennis under the supervision of TTFI. Nearly 50 Indian players are expected to join the event.

WTT Star Contender 2024, Goa details (Date & Venue)

Date – January 23 to January 28

Venue – Peddem Indoor Stadium in Mapusa, Panjim, Goa

Who are the top Seeds at WTT Star Contender 2024, Goa?

Men’s Singles

1. Hugo CALDERANO
2. Felix Lebrun
3. Dang Qiu
4. Jang Woojin
5. Dimitri OVTCHAROV
6. Quadri Aruna
7. Darko Jorgic
8. Anton KALLEBERG
9. LIM Jonghoon
10. Marcos FREITAS

Women’s Singles

1. Shin Yubin
2. Xiaoxin Yang
3. JOO Cheonhui
4. CHENG I- Cheng
5. Nina Mittelham
6. Jia Nan Yuan
7. Hana GODA
8. JEON Jihee
9. Manika Batra
10. DOO Hoi Kem

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Which Indian players are participating at WTT Star Contender 2023, Goa?

Men’s Singles

Main Draw: Harmeet Desai, Manush Shah, Payas Jain, Snehit Suravajulla, Jeet Chandra, Anirban Ghosh Achanta Sharath Kamal, and Wesley Do Rosario

Qualifiers: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manav Thakkar, Sunil Shetty, Yashansh Malik, Abhinandh PRADHIVADHI, Mudit Dani, Ansh Sabharwal, Preyesh Suresh Raj, Anshuman Agarwal

Women’s Singles

Main Draw: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Archana Girish Kamath, Suhana Saini and Anjali Rohilla.

Qualifiers:  Sutirtha Mukherjee, Diya Chitale, Ayhika Mukherjee, Swastika Ghosh, Nithya Mani, Pritha Priya Vartikar, Taneesha Kotecha, Sayali Wani, Jennifer VARGHESE, Poymantee Bhaisya, Radhapriya Goel, Sayanika Maji, Yashini Sivasankar, Frenaz Chipia, Diya Brahmachary, Lakshita Narang, Garima Goyal, Debolina Das, Selena Selvakumar and Trisha Gogoi.

Men’s Doubles

Main Draw:  Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Achanta Sharath Kamal and Harmeet Desai /Snehit Suravajjula

Qualifiers: Jeet Chandra/Payas Jain, Anirban Ghosh /Sanil Shetty, Mudit Dani/Ibrahim Gunzduz, and Abhinanda PRADHIVADHI/Yashansh Malik

Women’s Doubles

Main Draw: Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee, Diya Chitale/Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra/Archana Kamath

Qualifiers:  Yasashwini Ghorpade/Suhana Saini, Ananya Basak/Poymantee Baisya , Selena Selvakumar/Nithya Mani , Sayali Wani/Taneesha Kotecha, Frenaz Chpia/Radhapriya Goel ,Diya Brahmchary/Anjali Rohilla and Yashini Sivasankar/Garima Goyal. 

Mixed Doubles

Main Draw: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Manika Batra and Manav Thakkar/Archana Kamath

Qualifiers: Manush Shah//Diya Chitale, Sreeja Akula/Snehit Suravajjula, Yashaswini Ghorpade/Payas Jain, Swastika Ghosh/Anirban, and Harmeet Desai/Ayhika Mukherjee

Where and how to watch live streaming of WTT Star Contender 2023, Goa

You can watch WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 live online on the Sony Liv app or website, or Live telecast on Sony Sports Ten 2 SD and HD channels.

WTT Star Contender 2024, Goa full schedule and fixtures of India

Day 1 — January 25 (Thursday)

Men’s Singles Round of 64

• Jeet Chandra vs Alvaro Robles ( 0-3)
• Snehit Suravajjula beat Payas Jain (3-1)
• Anirban Ghosh lost to Kang Dongsoo (0-3)
• Harmeet Desai lost to Andrej Gacina (2-3)
• Manush Utpalbhai Shah lost to Cho Seungmin (2-3)

Women’s Singles Round of 64

• Anjali Rohilla lost to Lee Eunhye (0-3)
• Archana Kamath beat Maria Xiao (3-0)
• Camille Lutz beat Sreeja Akula (3-1)
• Suhana Saini lost to Cheng Hsien-Tzu (0-3)
• Yashaswini Ghorpade beat Tatiana Kukulkova (3-0)

Men’s Doubles Round of 16

• Manush Utpalbhai Shah/Manav Vikash Thakkar beat Pang Yew En Koen/Quek Izaac (3-0)
• Jeet Chandra/Payas Jain lost to Simon Gauzy/Alexis Lebrun (1-3)
• Harmeet Desai/Snehit Suravajjula lost to An Jaehyun/Lim Jonghoon (0-3)
• Sharath Kamal Achanta/Sathiyan Gnannasekaran lost to Kang Dongsoo/Park Ganghyeon (0-3)

Women’s Doubles Round of 16

• Taneesa Kotecha/Sayali Wani beat Filippa Bergand/Christina Kalleberg (3-1)
• Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Sibel Altinkaya/Andrea Todorovic (2-3)

Mixed Doubles Round of 16

• Manas Utpalbhai Shah/Diya Parag Chitale beat Moregard/Christina Kallberg (3-1)
• Manav Vikash Thakkar/Archana Kamath beat Felix Lebrun/Prithika Pavade (3-2)

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