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After defeating the Japanese team of Miyuu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto on Sunday, India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee won the WTT Contender competition in Tunis. The Indian duo created history of sorts as they defeated some of the best women’s teams in the world.
The Indian team won the difficult final 3-1 (11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11). The duo also made history by becoming the first Indian pair this year to win the Contender title. Their success came against two young Japanese teenagers who are both ranked in the top 25 in the world in the singles division.
The Korean combination of Shin Yubin and Jeon Ji also lost against the Indian team on Saturday 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9), after which Sutirtha and Ayhika qualified. to the final. Both the men’s doubles team of Manav Vikash Thakkar and Manush Utpalbhai Shah from India and the mixed doubles team Manika Batra and G Sathiyan had earlier on Saturday lost their semi-final matches.
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