Chennai, October 25: Third seeds Sudhanshu Maini and Prisha Goel came from 1-2 down to stun top seeds Abhinandh Pradhivadhi and Divyanshi Bhowmick 7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 in the U19 mixed doubles final 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 Sunday.

The four-day tournament, being held from October 23 to 26, features 12 categories from U11 to U19.

The U15 mixed doubles final also went the distance, with 11th seeds Vatsal Duklan and Ahona Ray recovering from 1-2 down to edge fourth seeds Akash Rajavelu and Tanishka Kalbhairav 6-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7, 12-10. All four champions had topped their singles groups earlier in the day.

Qatar's eighth seed Yousif Abdalla bowed out of the U19 boys' singles without a win, losing to 40th seed Rajdip Dey 11-6, 11-6, 13-11 after an earlier defeat to Dhananjay Thakur.

Thirty-ninth seed Priyanshu Karmakar topped Group 7 unbeaten, coming from 1-2 down to edge Kazakhstan's 26th seed Alibi Shomanov 11-6, 6-11, 6-11, 14-12, 11-9. He will face 43rd seed Nikunj Attri, who blanked 22nd seed Trishal Surapureddy 12-10, 11-3, 11-5, in the Round of 32. Twenty-ninth seed Bhaskar Sugra edged Jishnu Venkatgiri 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 to finish second in Group 4 and will take on Kazakhstan's 13th seed Nurislam Kassym.

In the U19 girls' singles, USA's second seed Satya Aspathi blanked Nayanika Biswas 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 to finish second in Group 2. Twenty-seventh seed Aarushi Nandi beat 14th seed Archismita Mahato 11-8, 12-10, 12-10 to top Group 7 unbeaten, while 23rd seed Swetapadma Dalai got the better of 18th seed Parmi Nagdeve 11-2, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7 to set up a Round of 32 clash against seventh seed Jennifer Varghese.

In the U15 boys' singles, 49th seed Rounak Sarkar topped Group 16 unbeaten, edging 16th seed Rudra Jana 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6. Forty-seventh seed Ekansh Madane swept Group 15, blanking USA's 18th seed Akhil Ramakrishnan 11-8, 11-4, 11-6, while Sri Lanka's 50th seed Pitiyage Silva edged 15th seed Jigyansu Pradhan 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7 to set up a Round of 32 meeting with 24th seed Nilay Pattekar.

In the U15 girls' singles, 37th seed Vedha Kanagalingam beat 20th seed Samhita Srijith 11-6, 17-15, 8-11, 11-4 to top Group 9, having stunned ninth seed Shrijoyee Mukherjee 11-9, 15-13, 9-11, 11-9 earlier. Thirty-ninth seed Samyra Rajesh blanked 18th seed Preetika Prabu 11-2, 11-9, 11-3 to win Group 11.

In the U11 boys' singles, 22nd seed Satvik Sharma stunned third seed Rehansh Singhvi 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8 to top Group 3 unbeaten. Fifteenth seed Arnav Mithun blanked eighth seed Saakaar Bhargava 11-3, 11-9, 16-14 to win Group 5 and will face 19th seed Athoiba Rajkumar in the Round of 16.

In the U11 girls' singles, the 10-year-old Anika Maheshwari completed an unbeaten group campaign with an 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 win over sixth seed Susmita Dharennavar, while top seed Sananda Srijith came from two games down to beat Sri Lanka's Senaya Yasanayake 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8.

The U11, U15 and U19 singles titles will be decided on Monday, the final day.