WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026: Manush Shah-Diya Chitale edge through to mixed doubles quarterfinals
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Ankur Bhattacharjee, Snehit Suravajjula, Harmeet Desai advances in men’s singles
India’s top mixed doubles combination of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale and youngster Ankur Bhattacharjee registered contrasting wins to advance in the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Thursday.
Manush and Diya, who recently won the WTT Contender Muscat 2026, were pushed to the brink by the Korean qualifiers as they saved three match points before the home favourites emerged victorious 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10) in 42 minutes to reach the quarterfinals.
Later in the day, qualifier Ankur sent Frenchman Florian Bourrassaud packing with a 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9) win. He will now face 14th seed Kazuhiro Yoshimura of Japan in the second round.
Ankur also advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals alongside Swastika Ghosh after they defeated the Korean combination of Park Gyuhyeon and Kim Nayeong 3-2 (11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9).
They will now face fourth seeds Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade, who defeated Darius Movileanu and Andrea Dragoman of Romania 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7).
In the other quarterfinals, Manush and Diya will face Indian wild cards Payas Jain and Syndrela Das, who defeated Kazakhstan’s Iskender Kharki and Sarvinoz Mirkadirova 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 in their first round clash.
Among the other results, Snehit Suravajjula fought back from a 1-2 deficit to beat Divyansh Srivastava 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6) to set up a second round clash against Japanese 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa.
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Harmeet also advanced to the second round with a convincing 3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8) over Iulian Chirita of Romania.
In the women’s singles Round of 64 clash, 15-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick put up a good fight against WTT Feeder Series Vadodara 2026 winner Ryu Hanna of Korea but ended up on the wrong end of a 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5) scoreline.
Later in the day, Diya defeated wild card Anusha Kutumbale 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-8) to advance to the second round.
Who advanced in the men’s singles at WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026?
Ankur Bhattacharjee, Snehit Suravajjula, and Harmeet Desai all won their matches to move into the second round.
How did Ankur Bhattacharjee perform?
Ankur defeated Florian Bourrassaud of France 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9) and will next face 14th seed Kazuhiro Yoshimura of Japan.
What about India’s top mixed doubles pair?
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale saved three match points to beat the Korean qualifiers 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10) and reach the quarterfinals.
How did Snehit Suravajjula perform?
Snehit came from 1-2 down to beat Divyansh Srivastava 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6) and will next play against Japanese 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa.
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