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Unseeded Anusha Kutumbale extends fairytale run to semis

Unseeded Anusha Kutumbale extends fairytale run to semis

Unseeded Indian paddler Anusha Kutumbale continued her impressive run at the WTT Feeder Series 2026 in Vadodara, reaching the women’s singles semifinals with a composed win over fourth seed Yashaswini Ghorpade on Saturday. Competing at the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex, Anusha prevailed 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7 in a 32-minute quarterfinal encounter. The Vadodara leg marks the inaugural edition of the WTT Feeder Series in the city and is presented by the Sports Authority of Gujarat, hosted by the Table Tennis Association of Baroda and implemented by UTT. Anusha’s latest victory followed her second-round upset of sixth seed Lee Zion, underlining her growing confidence against higher-ranked opponents. Anusha will now face Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee in the semifinals. Sutirtha advanced after defeating top seed Yang Ha Eun in four games in the quarterfinals. The other women’s singles semifinal will feature Korea Republic’s Ryu Hanna against eighth seed Syndrela Das. Indians dominate knockout stages across events Sutirtha, partnering Ayhika Mukherjee, also progressed to the women’s doubles final, where the Indian pair will take on top seeds Yoo Yerin …

Table tennis: On the day Sharath Kamal bows out, young Manav Thakkar creates a slice of history for Indian TT with stunning win | Sport-others News

Table tennis: On the day Sharath Kamal bows out, young Manav Thakkar creates a slice of history for Indian TT with stunning win | Sport-others News

In a moment of poetic symmetry, on the day 42-year-old legend Achanta Sharath Kamal bid farewell to international table tennis at the WTT Star Contender in Chennai, 24-year-old Manav Thakkar stepped up to carve his name into the history books. The youngster became the first Indian men’s player to reach the semifinals of a WTT Star Contender event, achieving the best-ever result by an Indian in any World Table Tennis tournament tier. And it was a stunning victory, too. Facing World No. 43 Lim Jonghoon in the quarterfinals, Manav found himself on the brink of elimination, trailing 1-2 in the match and 2-6 in the fourth game. What followed was nothing short of extraordinary. In a blistering turnaround, the Surat lad rattled off 18 straight points, clinching the fourth game 11-6 and storming to a jaw-dropping 9-0 lead in Game 5 before winning it 11-1. As Sharath bowed out earlier in the day, losing his Round of 16 match 0-3 (9-11, 8-11, 9-11) to 24-year-old Snehit Suravajjula — one of the many Indian paddlers who …