New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The pre-quarterfinals of the second UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Thyagaraj Stadium saw most top-seeded players advance, though not without a few hiccups today.
In the men's singles, fourth seed Ronit Bhanja fell early, but the remaining big names, including Ankur Bhattacharjee, Harmeet Desai, G. Sathiyan, and Payas Jain, booked their quarterfinal spots. SFR Snehithad to dig deep to oust Priyanuj Bhattacharyya 3-2, while Harmeet too survived a five-game match against Tharun Shanmugam.
The women's singles witnessed tighter battles. Top seed Diya Chitale was stretched to five games by Assam's Trisha Gogoi before scraping through. Seeded players Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sutirtha Mukherjee also e...