Chennai, October 26: Top seed Divyanshi Bhowmick and second seed Priyanuj Bhattacharyya were crowned the U19 girls' and boys' singles champions on the final day of the WTT Youth Contender Chennai 2026, presented by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu, at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University here on Monday.

Both have tasted success on home soil before. The 15-year-old Divyanshi won the U15 and U17 girls' singles titles at the WTT Youth Contender Vadodara 2025 and was the U19 runner-up at Vadodara in January this year, when Priyanuj won the U19 boys' title.

Divyanshi beat 11th seed Sayanika Maji 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 in the final. She came from 1-2 down to edge sixth seed Ananya Muralidharan, the U17 girls' champion here, 12-10, 12-14, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9 in the quarterfinals and blanked USA's Satya Aspathi, the second seed, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 in the semifinals, a repeat of the Vadodara 2025 U15 final. Sayanika, who had knocked out fifth seed Naisha Rewaskar and third seed Prisha Goel earlier in the day, beat 12th seed Swara Karmarkar 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-1 to reach the final.

Priyanuj came from a game down to beat top seed Abhinandh Pradhivadhi 7-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-6. The two had met in two U17 finals last year, with Abhinandh winning in Berlin and Priyanuj in Almaty. Abhinandh, who won U19 titles in Sandefjord and Tunis this year, got past 15th seed Sahil Rawat, the U17 boys' champion here, 11-7, 13-11, 5-11, 11-6 in the semifinals, while Priyanuj blanked fifth seed Ritvik Gupta 12-10, 15-13, 11-8 and 16th seed Atharva Nawarange 11-4, 11-6, 11-8.

In the U11 boys' singles, 15th seed Arnav Mithun stunned top seed Sharvil Karambelkar 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 15-13 in the final. Sharvil was also the runner-up in the U11 final at Vadodara in January. Arnav had blanked second seed Pranit Agrawal 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 in the semifinals, while Sharvil got the better of third seed Rehansh Singhvi 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-3.

Top seed Aditya Das added the U15 boys' title to the ones he won at Vadodara in January and Batumi this year, coming from a game down to beat second seed Vatsal Duklan 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8. Aditya edged sixth seed Rishaan Chattopadhayay 11-6, 6-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-4 in the quarterfinals and blanked 34th seed Shriram Kiran 11-8, 11-8, 14-12 in the semifinals. Vatsal, who won U15 titles in Tashkent and Puerto Princesa this year and the U15 mixed doubles here with Ahona Ray on Sunday, came from two games down to end the run of the 13-year-old Himon Mondal 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.

In the U15 girls' singles final, second seed Sreejani Chakraborty edged top seed Ahona Ray 6-11, 11-8, 15-13, 11-13, 11-5, having also beaten her in the U15 final at the WTT Youth Contender Doha in January. Sreejani, who won the U15 title at Vadodara earlier that month, blanked 34th seed Shreya Dhar and 10th seed Advika Agrawal on her way to the final, while Ahona, the U15 champion at the WTT Youth Star Contender Doha, beat third seed Tanishka Kalbhairav 11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8.

Third seed Sakshya Santhosh won the U11 girls' title, beating ninth seed Kritika Saibo 11-1, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8 after Kritika had levelled from two games down. Sakshya knocked out the top two seeds on her way, beating top seed Sananda Srijith 11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 11-4 in the quarterfinals and second seed Aadya Baheti 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 15-13 in the semifinals, avenging her 0-3 loss to Aadya in the U11 final at Vadodara in January.

The action now shifts to the WTT Feeder Chennai 2026, also presented by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu, at the same venue from October 28 to November 1. Divyanshi, Priyanuj and Abhinandh are in the singles main draw of the USD 30,000 event, which also features Manav Thakkar, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Japan's Sachi Aoki.