Harmeet, Sutirtha, Yashaswini in singles main draw of WTT Star Contenders Goa
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Harmeet Desai in men’s singles while Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sutirtha Mukherjee made it to the main draw in women’s singles. Yashaswini is the youngest among these three players.
Three Indian players made it to the singles main draw of World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contenders Goa for the first time here on Tuesday. Harmeet Desai in men’s singles while Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sutirtha Mukherjee made it to the main draw in women’s singles. Yashaswini is the youngest among these three players. He entered the main draw after defeating two Korean players ranked higher than him.
She first defeated world number 103 Cheonhui Joo 11-7 11-6 9-11 11-8 and then defeated world number 104 Nyeong Kim 11-6 1-11 5-11 11-5 11-7 . Yashaswini’s world ranking is currently 196. The next Indian to make it to the main draw was Sutirtha who is currently ranked 147 in the world. She defeated Chinese Taipei’s Li Yu-Jhun (world ranking 92) 3–0 (11–9, 11–8, 11–6) in the first round and then defeated Korea’s world number 107 Yunhee Lee 3–1 (11–1). 9 6-11 11-6 11-8). While Sutirtha will take on compatriot Suhana Saini in the main draw, Yashaswini will take on world number 38 Miyu Nagasaki of Japan.
Harmeet Desai is the only Indian to qualify for the main draw from the men’s singles qualifiers. Harmeet defeated Germany’s world number 99 Fanbo Meng in the first round and then defeated Argentina’s Horacio Cifuentes, world number 84, 3-2 (11-7 9-11 11-7 8-11 11-5). Did.
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