NEW DELHI: Young Indian paddlers Diya Chitale along with Swastika Ghosh Set up Strong performances in the 2021 WTT Youth Star Contender at Tunisia Because they Affirmed a Decoration from the U-19 Women doubles besides Progressing to the knockout stage of the Sisters Class.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra duo of Diya along with Swastika, that received a bye in the opening round, enrolled persuasive 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 success against the community favorite Fadwa Garci and Maram Zoghlami from the last-8 game in Tunis, and also ensured at the very least a bronze medal with the entrance to the semi-finals.
The Indian group will take on Czech Republic’s Linda Zaderova along with Croatia’s Hana Arapovic from the last-four match.
On the flip side, the Mumbai paddlers Diya and Swastika also evolved to the U-19 singles last-16 phase after topping their individual groups having an all-win record.
The childhood national winner, Diya, has been dominant throughout her equal 3-0 victories against Belarusian Darya Vasilenka (11-7, 11-7, 11-7), Linda Zaderova (11-4, 10-12, 11-1, 11-8) along with Algeria’s Narimene-Hind Siddeki (11-3, 11-4, 11-7) at Group VI.
Junior national winner Swastika defeated Greece’s Malamatenia Papadimitriou and Portuguese Ines Matos 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9) and 3-2 (8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7) respectively at the Group I suits.
The continuing tournament is the very first global youth occasion Indian players are engaging in as the coronavirus epidemic.
Before at the boys’ event, Preyesh Raj Suresh bowed out from the U-15 singles quarter-finals while Payas Jain and Deepit Patil exited from the pre-quarters and type point of U-19 class, respectively.
