Anusha Kutumbale stuns Yashaswini to reach WTT Feeder Series semifinals
Anusha Kutumbale defeated fourth seed Yashaswini Ghorpade to enter the women’s singles semifinals of the WTT Feeder Series 2026 in Vadodara. Sutirtha Mukherjee upset top seed Yang Ha Eun, while Manush Shah and Payas Jain advanced in men’s events
Hyderabad: Anusha Kutumbale continued her giant-killing run in the WTT Feeder Series 2026, presented by the Sports Authority of Gujarat, at the Vadodara SAMA Indoor Sports Complex on Saturday with a convincing victory over fourth seed Yashaswini Ghorpade to reach the women’s singles semifinals.
Anusha, who had beaten sixth seed Lee Zion in the second round, defeated Yashaswini 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7 in 32 minutes to set up a semifinal clash against Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee, who upset top seed Yang Ha Eun of Korea Republic 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 in the other quarterfinal.
The other semifinal will see Korea Republic’s Ryu Hanna face eighth seed Syndrela Das.
Sutirtha, partnering Ayhika Mukherjee, will also vie for the women’s doubles title against top seeds Yoo Yerin and Ryu. The second-seeded Indians defeated Korea Republic’s Park Gahyeon and Lee Zion 11-8, 11-3, 11-9.
Men’s singles top seed Manush Shah continued his march toward the title round with a 12-10, 11-5, 4-11, 11-8 win over U-19 singles winner of WTT Youth Contender 2026, Priyanuj Bhattacharyya.
He will now face third seed Snehit Suravajjula in the semifinals. In the other semifinal, fifth seed Akash Pal will face seventh seed Payas Jain.
Pal and Jain will also meet in the men’s doubles final. Pal, partnering Mudit Dani, defeated wild card entrants Ronit Bhanja and Oishik Ghosh 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.
In the other semifinal, Payas Jain and Ankur Bhattacharjee defeated Harmeet Desai and Snehit 9-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 11-5.
Harmeet will, however, have a chance to bag the mixed doubles crown as he and Yashaswini defeated Raegan Albuquerque and Suhana Saini 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.
In the other semifinal, Jain and Syndrela defeated Ankur Bhattacharjee and Taneesha Kotecha 11-6, 11-8, 12-10.
