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Tokyo Olympian paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee stunned the World No. 8 table tennis player Shin Yu-bin from South Korea in the women’s singles quarter-final in the ongoing WTT Contender Lagos 2024 on Saturday (June 22). Interestingly, Shin Yu-bin was the defending champion after lifting the women's singles title in the WTT Contender Lagos 2023 edition, defeating China’s Li Yake 4-2 in the final.
It turned out to be a tough quarter-final clash between the World No. 125 Surithra and Yu-bin. Eventually, the Indian paddler came out on top with a scoreline of 3-2 (11-9, 3-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6).
On the other hand, Sreeja Akula, the World No. 43, defeated Ghorpade Yashaswini, World No. 99 by 3-0 (11-6, 11-9,11-8) in an all-Indian quarter-final clash. Surithra and Sreeja Akula will next compete in the semi-final later on Saturday evening.
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Meanwhile, another women’s singles Indian paddler Ayhika Mukherjee bagged a win over Egypt's Farida Badawy by 3-0 (11-6, 14-12, 11-5) in the quarter-final to set up her semi-final clash against Ding Yijie from China.
Unfortunately, in the women's doubles semi-final, Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee suffered a defeat against Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish by 0-3 (7-11, 5-11, 10-12). With Yashaswini and Diya Parag also qualifying, it's going to be an all-Indian final.
Highlights of Sutirtha Mukherjee's career
In 2022, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the women's doubles final at the WTT Contender Muscat. Later in 2023, the pair secured their first WTT title at the WTT Contender Tunis 2023
In the Asian Games in 2023, the pair defeated the Chinese champions Chen Meng and Wang Yidi in the quarter-finals and grabbed a historic bronze medal for India.
In women’s singles, Sutirtha Mukherjee achieved a career-high when she defeated Manika Batra at the Asian Qualifiers to make the cut for her maiden Olympics appearance at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
In the Summer Games’ opening round, Sutirtha Mukherjee came from behind to defeat higher-ranked Linda Bergstrom from Sweden by 4-3 to initiate her campaign with a win. However, she bowed out after a 0-4 loss to Fu Yu from Portugal in the second round.
