WTT Contender Muscat: Archana, Manika progress to second round

Indian paddler Archana Kamath cruised into the second round of the WTT Contender Muscat as she beat Canada's Mo Zhang 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9 on Wednesday.

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02 March, 2022 21:14 IST

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02 March, 2022 21:14 IST

File Photo of Archana Kamath in action. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT

Qualifier Archana Kamath pulled off an upset as she beat higher-ranked Mo Zhang 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9 in a women's singles first round match of the WTT Contender Muscat on Wednesday. Manika Batra also got off to a winning start as she beat Singapore's Lin Ye 12-10, 11-8, 11-8.

Archana had defeated Oze Yilmaz 11-8 5-11 12-10 11-7 in the third round of qualifying. Sreeja Akula also progressed to the main draw but lost 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8 to Jia Nan Yuan, a player of Chinese origin, representing France.

Earlier, five Indian doubles pairs entered the quarterfinals - Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah (men's doubles), Selena Deepthi and Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee-Ayhika Mukherjee (women's doubles), G. Sathiyan-Manika Batra and Manav-Archana Kamath (mixed doubles).