WTT Feeder | Giant-killers Anusha, Sutirtha enter semifinals in style

Anusha Kutumbale and Sutirtha Mukherjee emerged as giant-killers as the duo stormed into the women’s singles semifinals of the WTT Feeder international table tennis tournament here on Saturday.

Anusha stunned sixth seed Lee Zion of Korea in the round of 16 before packing off fourth seed Yashaswini Ghorpade in the quarterfinals later in the evening. Olympian Sutirtha created the biggest upset of the tournament, seeing off top seed Yang Ha Eun in four games in 33 minutes. Sutirtha’s powerful forehand strokes proved too awkward for Yang to handle.

In the men’s singles quarterfinals, seventh seed Payas Jain’s forehand top-spins got the better of fourth seed Edward Ly of Canada.

The results: Women: Quarterfinal: Anusha Kutumbale bt Yashaswini Ghorpade 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7; Syndrela Das bt Divyanshi Bhowmick 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Ryu Hanna (Kor) bt Ayhika Mukherjee 11-4, 11-9, 11-5; Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Yang Ha Eun 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.

Doubles: Semifinals: Sutirtha & Ayhika bt Park Gahyeon & Lee Zion (Kor) 11-8, 11-3, 11-9; Yoo Yerin & Ryu (Kor) bt Selena Selvakumar & Jennifer Varghese 8-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8.

Men: Quarterfinals: S.F.R. Snehit bt Ankur Bhattacharjee 11-9, 11-9, 11-7; Payas Jain bt Edward Ly (CAN) 11-6, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7; Manush Shah bt Priyanuj Bhattacharya 12-10, 11-5, 4-11, 11-8; Akash Pal bt Sougata Sarkar 11-7, 11-5, 11-4.

Doubles: Semifinals: Ankur & Payas bt Harmeet Desai & Snehit 9-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 11-5; Akash & Mudit Dani bt Ronit Bhanja & Oishik Ghosh 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.

Mixed doubles: Semifinals: Payas & Syndrela bt Ankur & Taneesha Kotecha 11-6, 11-8, 12-10; Harmeet & Yashaswini bt Raegan Albuquerque & Suhana Saini 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.