WTT Contender Muscat: Manush Shah and Ayhika Mukherjee progress to main draw
Meanwhile, Payas Jain, Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghodpade were knocked out in the final qualifying round.
Manush Shah and Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to main draw of WTT Contender Muscat, (Photo Credits: WTT)
Indian paddlers had mixed results from the qualifying round of WTT Contender Muscat 2026, as only Manush Shah and Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the main draw on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Payas Jain, Diya Chitale, and Yashaswini Ghorpade bowed out in the final qualifying round of their respective categories.
Qualifying top seed Manush defeated France's Esteban Dorr in straight games in the final qualifying round, whereas Ayhika got the better of China's Zhu Ziyu.
Manush will join Manav Thakkar and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the men's singles main round, while Ayhika will join Manika Batra in the women's singles main draw.
On the other hand, youngsters Ankur Bhatacharjee and Akash Pal were unable to progress through the qualifying group stage in the men's singles category.
Swastika Ghosh and Taneesha Kotecha also bowed out in the qualifying group stage of the women's singles discipline, finishing second and third in their respective groups.
Indians in the main draw of WTT Contender Muscat
- Men's Singles: Manush Shah, Manav Thakkar, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
- Women's Singles: Ayhika Mukherjee, Manika Batra
- Men's Doubles: Akash/Sathiyan, Manav/Manush, Ankur/Payas
- Women's Doubles: Swastika/Taneesha, Manika/Diya, Yashaswini/Ayhika
- Mixed Doubles: Sathiyan/Yashaswini, Manush/Diya
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