In men’s singles, Priyanuj Bhattacharya upset eighth seed Navid Shams of Iran 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 to advance to the second round where he will meet Yashansh Malik.

WTT 2026: Hansini Mathan upsets seed Yoo Yerin in women’s singles

In the women’s doubles qualifying, Kavya Bhaskar and Pranati Paramesh got the better of Senhora Dsouza and Naisha Rewaskar 11-13, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 to qualify. All the other three pairs qualified directly as they had a bye in the qualifying round.

WTT 2026: Tanishka Kalbhairav, Parth Magar, Shankhadip Das qualify for main draw

In women’s singles, Selena defeated Mukta Dalvi 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 in Group 1, Nithya Mani defeated Sammridhi Banik 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 in Group 2 and Sampada Bhiwandikar fought back from a 1-2 deficit to beat the young Naisha Rewaskar 11-8, 8-11, 11-13, 11-5, 12-10 in Group 3.

WTT 2026: Sarthak Arya, Hardee Patel upset third seeds Snehit, Sayali Wani in mixed doubles qualifying round

In the girls U-19 category, Miku knocked out another top Indian junior Jennifer Varghese 6-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7 in the semifinals.

WTT 2026: Priyanuj Bhattacharya, Miku Matsushima emerge victorious

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

WTT 2026: India's Vivaan Dave, Naisha Rewaskar win thriller to reach U-15 mixed doubles final

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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WTT 2026: Hansini Mathan upsets seed Yoo Yerin in women’s singles

WTT 26: Tanishka Kalbhairav, Parth Magar, Shankhadip Das qualify for main draw

WTT 26: Arya, Patel upset third seeds Snehit, Sayali in mixed doubles qualifying

WTT 2026: Priyanuj Bhattacharya, Miku Matsushima emerge victorious

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

WTT 2026: India's Dave, Rewaskar win thriller to reach U-15 mixed doubles final

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