Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], January 3 (ANI): Syndrela Das and Rupam Sardar registered comfy victories to clinch the U-17 women’ and U-17 boys’ singles titles within the WTT Youth Contender 2026 on the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex right here on Friday, whereas Divija Paul and Dev Pranav Bhat had been topped the U-13 women and boys’ champions, respectively, as per a launch.
Syndrela, who had gained the U-19 women’ singles title final 12 months, ended the dream run of Hansini Mathan 11-3, 9/11, 11-9, 11-8 within the U-17 women singles remaining, whereas Rupam Sardar defeated Soham Mukherjee 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3 within the boys’ U-17 remaining.
This is the second 12 months that the WTT Youth Contender is being held in Vadodara and could have competitions from U-11 to U-19 classes, that includes a complete of 226 gamers.
In the U-13 class, Divija Paul fought again from a 1-2 deficit to beat Harshitha Nurani 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5 within the women’ single remaining, whereas Dev Pranav Bhatt took residence the boys’ single title with an 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4 win over Ashvajith Muthukumaran.
Syndrela, who had upset second seed Miku Matsushima of Japan within the semi-finals, started robust and dominated the opening sport. But Hansini, who had upset high seed Divyanshi Bhowmick within the pre-quarterfinals, then managed to seek out her rhythm and took the second sport.
However, it was Syndrela’s expertise that made the distinction, as she pocketed the subsequent two video games regardless of a detailed battle to clinch the title.
She may also have an opportunity to seize the U-19 combined doubles crown on Sunday as she and her accomplice Sarthak Arya arrange a summit conflict in opposition to high seeds Abhinandh Pradhivadhi and Ananya Muralidharan, who lived as much as their high billing to arrange a U-19 combined doubles summit conflict in opposition to Sarthak Arya and Syndrela Das.
In the semi-finals, Abhinandh and Ananya defeated Ritvik Gupta and Ahona Ray 9/11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-8, whereas Sarthak and Syndrela ended the impressed run of Sahil Rawat and Hardee Patel 11-6, 12-10, 5-11, 11-5.
Earlier, Vivaan Dave and Naisha Rewaskar stored their nerves in a topsy-turvy decider that went into further factors to upset high seeds Aditya Das and Ankolika Chakraborty within the U-15 combined doubles semi-final.
Vivaan and Naisha defeated the highest seeds 13-11, 5-11, 11-7, 5-11, and 23-21 and arrange a summit conflict in opposition to compatriots Reyansh Jalan and Tanishka Kalbhairav, who beat Sanjay Jagdish and Myraa Sangelkar 11-3, 15-13, and 11-7 within the different semifinal.
Vivaan and Naisha had displayed their combating spirit within the opening sport itself once they got here again from 5-8 down and saved a sport level earlier than profitable the opening sport.
Both pairs then shared the spoils within the subsequent three video games to arrange an exhilarating decider.
It seemed like Aditya and Ankolika would race away within the decider as they opened up a 4-0 lead after which had three match factors at 10-7.
Vivaan and Naisha not solely saved these three match factors but in addition stored their nerves to attract stage each time their opponents reached a match level earlier than profitable 4 straight factors to wrap up the match. (ANI)