Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal began his day with a straight games win over qualifier Anirban Ghosh while Payas Jain produced the biggest upset of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025, knocking out Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medallist Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the Men’s Singles Round of 64.
Sharath Kamal also won the men’s doubles opener with Snehit Suravajjula; defeating Australia’s Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu in a five-game thriller.
Top-seeded Japanese duo Tomokazu Harimoto and Sora Matsushima dominated the men’s doubles clash while Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara clinched the women’s doubles opener.
Gujarat trio Manav Thakkar, Harmeet Desai, and Manush Shah made strong while in the women’s singles Ayhika Mukherjee edged past Wildcard entrant Sutirtha Mukherjee in a five-game thriller.
Top-seeded Hong Kong duo Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem asserted their dominance in Mixed Doubles. In the mixed doubles, Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade battled past qualifiers Taneesha Kotecha and Sayali Wani.
WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 by Stupa Sports Analytics and Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), under the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), boasts 600 ranking points for winners and a USD 275,000 prize purse, with top global paddlers in action.
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