Swara Karmarkar Advances to Semifinals at WTT Feeder Chennai

Swara Karmarkar, a 16-year-old qualifier from Nashik, has reached her first women's singles semifinals at the WTT Feeder Chennai, held at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University. Despite being ranked 947 in the world, she showcased her skills by defeating Suhana Saini in a five-game match.

Coached by Jay Modak, Swara is noted for her effective hook serve and attacking forehand, which helped her secure the victory. She will now face second seed Yoo Yerin from South Korea in the semifinals. In the other women’s semifinal, Sutirtha Mukherjee will compete against top seed Yang Ha Eun, also from South Korea.

In the men's quarterfinals, G. Sathiyan and Manav Thakkar advanced to the semifinals, with Sathiyan defeating Yashansh Malik and Thakkar overcoming Harmeet Desai. The tournament has seen several surprising results, including the exit of second seed Ankur Bhattacharjee.