On the second day of the WTT Contender Tunis 2024, we had interesting results on our way. Let’s delve into the details of which Indian players made it to the main draw after their impressive performances in the qualifying rounds.
In the men's singles second qualifying round, Snehit Suravajjula suffered a loss to Tobias Rasmussen, bowing out of the campaign. However, Manush Shah defeated Kim Minww and Tobias Rasmussen in consecutive encounters to make it to the main draw.
Meanwhile, in the women’s singles qualifying round, Archana Girish and DIya Parag had an exceptional day, defeating Nikoleta Puchovanova and Jana Riera, respectively, to secure their spots in the main draw.
In the main draw of the men’s singles, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, and Sharath Kamal are part of it with Manush Shah also joining in. Notably, four players - Harmeet, Manav, Sathiyan, and Sharath - are also part of the Paris Olympics 2024 squad.
In the women's singles main draw, Ayhika Mukherjee, Manika Batra, Yashaswini Ghorpade, and Sreeja Akula will participate with Diya Parag and Archana Girish also joining in from the qualifying draw.
In men's doubles, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran - Harmeet Desai, Snehit Suravajjala - Manush Shah, and Sharath Kamal - Manav Thakkar are the three pairs to compete in the in the WTT Contender Tunis 2024.
In the women's doubles, Archana Girish - Manika Batra, Yashaswini Ghorpade - Diya Parag, and Ayhika Mukherjee - Sreeja Akula are three pairs. Ayhika and Sreeja will receive a bye and directly make it to the pre-quarter-final round.
In mixed doubles, Archana Girish - Manav Thakkar, Ayhika Mukherjee - Snehit Suravajjala, Diya Parag - Manush Shah, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran - Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade - Harmeet Desai are five different pairs to compete from June 27, Thursday in the WTT Contender Tunis 2024.
WTT Contender Tunis 2024: Day 2 Results (Indians only)
Men's Singles (Qualifying Round 2)
Snehit Suravajjula lost to Tobias Rasmussen by 2-3 (5-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-13)
Manush Shah beat Kim Minwoo by 3-2 (4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 11-2)
Men's Singles (Qualifying Round 3)
Manush Shah beat Tobias Rasmussen by 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 13-11)
Women's Singles (Qualifying Round 2)
Archana Girish beat Nikoleta Puchovanova by 3-0 (11-2, 7-11, 11-8)
Diya Parag beat Jana Riera by 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-6)