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Manush and Diya Bow Out in WTT China Smash Semifinals
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News18•08-10-2026, 19:15
Manush and Diya Bow Out in WTT China Smash Semifinals
- •Manush Shah and Diya Chitale lost 1-3 to Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching in the mixed doubles semifinals.
- •The Indian pair made history by becoming the first mixed doubles duo from India to reach a WTT Grand Smash semifinal.
- •They went down with scores of 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, and 4-11 against the seventh seeds.
- •Manav Thakkar exited in the men's singles round of 32.
- •The women's doubles pair of Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade bowed out in the round of 16.
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Manush Shah and Diya Chitale played Chinese Taipei’s seventh seeds Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching in the mixed doubles semifinals at the WTT China Smash.
They created history by becoming the first Indian mixed doubles pair to ever reach a WTT Grand Smash semifinal.
The Indian pair suffered a 1-3 defeat with set scores of 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, and 4-11 against Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching.
