Divyanshi Bhowmick, 15-year-old rising star, began her journey during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown as part of a school activity. She soon grew to enjoy the game and took up professional play later that same year. 

Exclusive | ' WTT and UTT help us learn a lot': Rising table tennis star Divyanshi Bhowmick

This is the second year that the WTT Youth Contender is being held in Vadodara and will have competitions from U-11 to U-19 categories, featuring a total of 226 players.

WTT 2026: Indian duo Syndrela Das, Divyanshi Bhowmick start U-19 group stage with convincing wins

In the boy’s U-17 category, top seed Ritvik Gupta won both his Group 1 matches. Gupta defeated Dhruva Malikarjunan 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 and then got the better of Shreyas Mankeshwar 13-11, 11-6, 11-7.

WTT 2026: Divyanshi Bhowmick, Syndrela Das make winning starts to U-17 campaign

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Exclusive | ' WTT and UTT help us learn a lot': Rising table tennis star Divyanshi Bhowmick

WTT 2026: Indian duo Das, Bhowmick start U-19 group stage with convincing wins

WTT 2026: Divyanshi Bhowmick, Syndrela Das make winning starts to U-17 campaign