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WTT Youth Contenders 2026: Vatsal Duklan, Hansini Mathan Upset Top Seeds To Reach Quarterfinals (Ld)

By IANS News January 02, 2026 • 23:04 PM View: 65

WTT Youth Contenders: Vatsal Duklan and Hansini Mathan caused the biggest upsets of the day as they packed off boys' U-17 and girls' U-17 top seeds respectively to reach the quarterfinals of the WTT Youth Contenders 2026 at the SAMA Indoor Stadium in Vadodara on Friday.

Duklan upset top seed Ritvik Gupta 4-11, 11-5, 11-7, 18-16 in a thrilling boy’s singles pre-quarterfinal before Hansini overturned a 1-2 deficit to pack off defending champion Divyanshi Bhowmick 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-4 in girls' singles Round of 16.

The second seed in boys' U-17 singles, Aditya Das, was also knocked out in the second round by Sohum Mukherjee, who then got the better of Rushikesh Jagtap 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7 in the Round of 16.

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