Indian paddlers Sreeja Akula and Manav Thakkar enjoyed wins in their respective round of 64 matches at the China Smash 2025 in Beijing in on Sunday. Sreeja beat China’s Yang Yiyun in straight games in just over 25 minutes, winning 11-6, 11-9, 11-7. Meanwhile, Manav also managed to ease past Australian Finn Luu, securing the…
The Indian challenge at the Europe Smash 2025 ended on Thursday after the men’s doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah lost to Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Hiroto Shinozuka in the quarterfinals. Fifth-seeded pair of Manav-Manush lost 1-3 (11-13, 11-8, 8-11, 5-11) to the fourth-seeded Japanese duo in a clash which was wrapped up…
Indian paddler Manav Thakkar bowed out of the men’s singles at the Europe Smash 2025 but remained in contention in the men’s doubles after entering the quarterfinals alongside partner Manush Shah on Wednesday. Manav lost 1-3 (10-12, 7-11, 11-4, 12-14) to South Korea’s An Jae-hyun in a Round of 32 match which saw two closely-contested…
Indian paddler Manika Batra bowed out of the WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguacu in Brazil on Saturday after losing her quarterfinal clash against fourth seed Honoka Hashimoto of Japan. Manika lost 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 7-11) to Hashimoto in a match which lasted 28 minutes. The Indian had beaten South Korea’s Kim Nayeong 3-2 to…
Indian paddler Ayhika Mukherjee bowed out of the WTT Contender Buenos Aires on Saturday after losing her women’s singles quarterfinal match against Su Tsz Tung of Hong Kong, China. The Asian Games medallist lost 1-3 in a match which lasted around 32 minutes. Ayhika took the lead in the fixture after taking the first game…