Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 13 (ANI): Snehit Suravajjula saved six match factors within the decider to upset thirteenth seed Mizuki Oikawa of Japan to achieve the lads’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Chennai 2026 on the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University right here on Friday.
Snehit first fought again from a 0-2 deficit to take the match within the decider after which displayed nerves of metal to transform his third match level to win 3-2 (Sep 11, 15-17, 11-4, 11-6, 18-16) in 52 minutes to arrange a Round of 16 conflict towards high seed Oh Junsung, as per a press launch.
Explaining what was happening in his thoughts in the course of the enterprise finish of the fifth sport, Snehit mentioned, ‘I used to be simply telling myself to concentrate on one level at a time and never consider the rating as I made errors on the primary two match factors.’
The 25-year-old mentioned he went into the match with out many expectations, however the first two video games he misplaced really gave him the boldness that he might put up a struggle. ‘I misplaced the primary sport Sep 11, and I used to be struggling to imagine that I might match his stage. Then I misplaced the second sport, which was additionally shut, however that gave me confidence to win the subsequent,’ he added.
Earlier, the skilled males’s doubles mixture of Sathiyan G and Harmeet Desai upset the third-seeded French mixture of Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-7) to achieve the semifinals. They will now face Korean second seeds Lim Jonghoon and Oh Junsung for a spot within the last.
Meanwhile, wildcard entrants Payas Jain and Syndrela Das upset high seeds Manush Shah and Diya Chitale 3-1 (12-10, 13-11, 10-12, 11-9) to achieve the combined doubles semifinals. (ANI)