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Diya, Swastika confirm doubles medal at WTT Youth Star Contender, reach singles pre-quarters too

The Maharashtra duo Diya and Swastika, who received a bye in the opening round, registered convincing 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 victory against the local favourite Fadwa Garci and Maram Zoghlami in the last-8 match.

Paddlers Swastika Ghosh (L) and Diya Chitale

New Delhi, May 30: Young Indian paddlers Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh put up solid performances at the 2021 WTT Youth Star Contender Tunis as they confirmed a medal in the U-19 girls doubles and also made their way into the knockout stage in the singles category.

The Maharashtra duo Diya and Swastika, who received a bye in the opening round, registered convincing 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 victory against the local favourite Fadwa Garci and Maram Zoghlami in the last-8 match and secured at least a bronze medal with an entry into the semi-finals.

The Indian pair will now take on Czech Republic's Linda Zaderova and Croatia's Hana Arapovic in the last-4 match.

On the other hand, the Mumbai paddlers Diya and Swastika also progressed into the U-19 singles last-16 stage after finishing atop in their respective groups with an all-win record.

The youth national champion Diya was dominant during her identical 3-0 victories against Belarusian Darya Vasilenka (11-7, 11-7, 11-7), Linda Zaderova (11-4, 10-12, 11-1, 11-8) and Algeria's Narimene-Hind Siddeki (11-3, 11-4, 11-7) in the Group-VI.

Meanwhile, the junior national champion 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 in the Group-I matches.

The on-going tournament is the first international youth event Indian players are participating in since the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier in the boys' event, Preyesh Raj Suresh bowed out in the U-15 singles quarter-finals while Payas Jain and Deepit Patil exited in the pre-quarters and group stage of U-19 category respectively.

Source: Press Release

Story first published: Sunday, May 30, 2021, 13:47 [IST]
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