Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset Japanese 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa, while qualifier Nithya Mani packed off 14th seed Minhyung Jee of Australia to reach the men’s and women’s singles pre-quarterfinals in the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Friday.Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert h…
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Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa of Japan to reach the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Friday.Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert his third match point to win 3-2 (9-11, 15-17, 11-4, 11-6, 18-16) in 52 minutes to set up…
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) 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…
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Young table tennis stars Tanishka Kalbhairav and Naisha Rewaskar registered convincing victories in their respective women’s singles matches to reach the final qualifying round of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Chennai 2026, which kicked off at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Tuesday.The 13-year-old Tanishka upset the experienced Maria Rony 3-1 (11-2, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4) in the second qualifying round while Naisha, who tra…
Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) The WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 will bring world-class table tennis to India from February 10–15 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, marking the second time that Chennai will be hosting the event and the fourth WTT Star Contender to be staged in India.The tournament will feature an enhanced prize purse of USD 300,000, up from USD 275,000 last season, with singles winners earning USD 17,000 and 600 ranking points, and doubles champions receivin…