CHENNAI: Top Indian players looking to make it to the business end of the WTT Star Contender Chennai will have their task cut out as they were handed a rather tricky draw on Wednesday. Last edition semi-finalist Manav Thakkar, the experienced Sathiyan G and WTT Feeder Series Vadodara 2026 winner Manush Shah have received a bye in the opening round. Manav and Manush could face off against each other in the round of 16 if they both clear their second round hurdle. 10th seed Sathiyan is also in the same quarter as Manav and Manush and could face compatriot Harmeet Desai in the pre-quarters if the latter could get past eighth seed Eduard Ionescu of Romania in the second round.
10th seed Sathiyan is also in the same quarter as Manav and Manush and could face compatriot Harmeet Desai in the pre-quarters if the latter could get past eighth seed Eduard Ionescu of Romania in the second round.
Even Sathiyan’s passage to the Round of 16 isn’t a smooth one, with the Indian likely to face former world top-10 singles player and current world no.1 mixed doubles player Lim Jonghoon of Korea Republic, who opens his campaign against a qualifier.
If the four Indians do keep their date in the pre-quarterfinals, India will then be assured of at least one semi-final spot in men’s singles.
Meanwhile, national Champion Diya Chitale will open her campaign against Anusha Kutumbale with sixth seed Hitomi Sato of Japan awaiting her in round two.
Ayhika Mukherjee would face fourth seed Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei and Yashaswini Ghorpade will meet second seed Miyu Nagasaki of Japan if both of them get past the qualifiers in the opening round.
WTT Youth Wild card Divyanshi Bhowmick will start her journey against WTT Feeder Series Vadodara 2026 winner Ryu Hanna of Korea Republic and if she gets past her then 12th seed Saki Shibata of Japan awaits her in the second round.
Qualifiers Round 3 Select Results
Women's Singles Neha Kumari bt Naisha Rewaskar-14 3-1 [5-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-7] Amrutha Pushpak bt Gungun Sahu 3-2 [11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 9-11, 11-4] Nithya Mani bt Hansini Mathan-4 3-2 [5-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-6] Tanishka Kalbhairav bt Kaushani Nath 3-0 [11-5, 12-10, 13-11] Suhana Saini bt Varuni Jaiswal 3-0 [11-8, 16-14, 11-8] Shruti Amrute bt Ananya Muralidharan-16 3-2 [16-18, 12-14, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6] Yashini Sivasankar-9 bt Avani Tripathi-5 3-1 [11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7] Sachi Aoki-2 (Japan) bt Selena Selvakumar-13 3-2 [7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7]
Men's Singles Ankur Bhattacharjee-1 (WC) bt Umesh Kumar 3-0 [11-5, 11-3, 11-4] Jash Modi-7 bt Balamurugan Rajasekaran-11 3-0 [11-7, 14-12, 11-9]
Punit Biswas bt Swarnendu Chowdhury 3-1 [11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9] Yashansh Malik-8 bt Sriram Sivam-10 3-0 [11-7, 11-8, 11-5] Sanil Shetty bt Akash Gupta-8 3-0 [11-4, 11-2, 11-5] Carlo Rossi-4 (WC) (Italy) bt Shridhar Joushi-15 3-0 [11-6, 11-6, 11-9] Mudit Dani-2 (WC) bt Rubin Maharjan-16 (Nepal) 3-0 [11-7, 11-7, 11-9] Preyesh Suresh-12 bt Kushal Chopda-6 3-0 [11-8, 11-4, 11-9]