Payas Jain eyes triple crown at WTT Feeder Series 2026 in Vadodara

Payas Jain bagged the mixed doubles crown with Syndrela Das and entered both men’s singles and doubles finals at the WTT Feeder Series 2026 in Vadodara. Anusha Kutumbale will face Korea’s Ryu Hanna in the women’s singles final

Hyderabad: Payas Jain will be gunning for a triple crown in the WTT Feeder Series 2026, presented by Sports Authority of Gujarat, at the Vadodara SAMA Indoor Sports Complex after he bagged the mixed doubles crown with Syndrela Das and also reached the men’s singles final on Sunday.

The inaugural edition of the WTT Feeder Series in Vadodara, presented by Sports Authority of Gujarat, is being hosted by the Table Tennis Association of Baroda and implemented by UTT.

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In the mixed doubles final, Jain and Das fought back after losing the opening game to beat second seeds Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade 8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6.

Earlier, the Delhi-born player packed off fifth seed Akash Pal 11-5, 12-10, 11-9 to reach the men’s singles final. Jain, who has also reached the men’s doubles final with Ankur Bhattacharjee, will now face top seed Manush Shah, who defeated third seed Snehit Suravajjula 6-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-5 in the other semifinal.

In the women’s singles semifinal, Anusha Kutumbale accounted for seventh seed Sutirtha Mukherjee 12-10, 11-5, 16-14. In the third game, Anusha saved two game points before converting her third match point to set up a summit clash against Korea Republic’s Ryu Hanna.

The unseeded Korean, Ryu Hanna, defeated eighth seed Syndrela Das 11-4, 8-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9 in the other semifinal.