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Around 334 players from 10 countries volition vie for honours astatine the WTT Youth Contender and the WTT Feeder Series, scheduled to statesman astatine the Sama Indoor Sports Complex successful Vadodara connected Friday (January 2, 2026).
The 2nd variation of the WTT Youth Contender, featuring U-11 to U-19 categories, volition beryllium held from January 2 to 5, followed by the WTT Feeder Series from January 7 to 11.
The Youth Contender volition spot information from 226 players representing 4 countries, portion the Feeder Series volition diagnostic 108 players from 10 nations.
The Youth Contender volition statesman with the U-13 and U-17 singles events connected Friday, with competitions successful the U-11, U-15 and U-19 categories scheduled for January 4 and 5.
India had dominated the WTT Youth Contenders past year, with Ankur Bhattacharjee and Syndrela Das clinching the U-19 boys’ and girls’ singles titles respectively.
Divyanshi Bhowmick won some the U-15 and U-17 girls’ singles crowns.
Divyanshi volition vie successful the U-17 and U-19 categories this year, portion Syndrela volition purpose to support her U-19 girls’ singles title.
“When you privation to suffice for large planetary events similar the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, you request a bully ranking. Players often person to walk heavy travelling overseas to gain ranking points,” Table Tennis Federation of India Secretary General Kamlesh Mehta said successful a release.
“By conducting specified events successful India, much players get the accidental to vie astatine a acold little outgo and besides exploit location advantage,” helium added.
Syndrela and Divyanshi volition besides beryllium successful enactment successful the WTT Feeder Series, on with Korea Republic’s Park Gahyeon (world No. 75) and Yoo Yrein (world No. 78).
The Indian situation successful the women’s singles volition besides beryllium led by the experienced Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee, on with satellite No. 85 Yashaswini Ghorpade, who has been awarded a chaotic card.
In the men’s singles, Manush Shah, who on with Diya Chitale became the archetypal Indian mixed doubles brace to suffice for the season-ending WTT Finals, volition spearhead the location situation alongside Harmeet Desai, Snehit S and Ankur Bhattacharjee.
Wild cards for WTT Feeder Series: Men’s singles (main draw): Pratham Madlani (India), Sanil Shetty (India), Ali Alkhadrawi (Saudi Arabia), Abdulaziz Bu Shulaybi (Saudi Arabia), Abdulrahman Al Taher (Saudi Arabia) Women’s singles (main draw): Yang Ha Eun (Korea Republic), Yashaswini Ghorpade (India), Debolina Das (India), Maria Rony (India)Women’s singles (qualifying): Tanishka Kalbhairav (India) Women’s doubles (main draw): Tanishka Kalbhairav/Maria Rony, Neha Kumari/Mukta Dalvi Men’s doubles (main draw): Ronit Bhanja/Oishik Ghosh (India), Divyansh Srivastava/Sarth Mishra (India) Mixed doubles (main draw): Akash Gupta/Garima Goyal (India), Ronit Bhanja/Sutirtha Mukherjee (India).
