Evana thapa

SAMA Indoor Sports Complex: The 13-year-old Tanishka Kalbhairav made the most of the wild card in qualifying and topped Group 5 with an all-win record, and made it to the women’s singles main draw, while Parth Magar, Jash Modi, and Shankhadip Das upset higher-ranked opponents to make it to the men’s singles main draw in the WTT Feeder Series 2026, presented by Sports Authority of Gujarat, at the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex in Vadodara on Thursday.

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

In the women’s qualifying round, Tanishka had won two matches in her group on Wednesday and was up against Evana Thapa of Nepal in the final match on Thursday. The Belgavi-born paddler was on a roll, beating Evana 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 to top the group.