WTT Contender Tunisia 2025: Manush-Chitale pair make the mixed doubles final, singles campaign ends
The Indian pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale qualified for the Mixed Doubles final of the WTT Contender Tunisia 2025 after a straight games win over the Tunisian-Egyptian pair Wassim Essid and Hana Goda on Saturday.
The third-seeded pair won 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 in the semifinal to book a spot in the summit clash, where they will face second-seeded Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto from Japan.
Manush also qualified for the semifinal in the men’s doubles event with Manav Thakkar, beating Essid and his Dutch partner Remi Chambet-Weil 11-6, 11-8, 11-6.
The duo will take on Germany’s Benedikt Duda and Andre Bertelsmeier in the semifinal on Sunday.
Qualifier Chitale’s run in the singles was cut short after an 11-8, 6-11, 7-11, 9-11 defeat to Germany’s Sabine Winter in the Round of 16. The 21-year-old had beaten compatriot Manika Batra in the round of 32 earlier.
Harmeet Desai’s singles run also ended in the round of 16, after an 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 1-11 loss to Japan’s sixth seed Hiroto Shinozuka.