WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026: Desai-Ghorpade reach mixed doubles final, Yokoi-Aoki of Japan are women’s doubles champions

French pair of Coton-Poret are men’s doubles champions after their Korean opponents withdrew from the final due to injury

Chennai, February 14, 2026: Fourth seeds Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade will carry India’s lone title hope after they eased into the mixed doubles final of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University here on Saturday.

Desai and Ghorpade were in total command in the all-Indian mixed doubles semifinal, beating wild card Payas Jain and Syndrella Das 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-9) in the second edition of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026, co-hosted by Ultimate Table Tennis, Sharath Kamal Academy, and Stupa Sports AI with the support of SAI, TTFI & SDAT and sponsored by SERVO, ACE Blend, MGM Healthcare, STAG Iconic, Fancode, ACT Fibernet.

The Indian combination will now face second seeds Eduard Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs of Romania, who advanced after third seeds Oh Junsung of Korea and Miku Nagasaki of Japan conceded the match while trailing 1-2.
Oh’s injury meant that the unseeded French combination of Flavien Coton and Thibault Poret were crowned men’s doubles champions without playing a single point in the final.

Japan’s Sakura Yokoi and Sachi Aoki turned out to be too strong for Korean top seeds Ryu Hanna and Kim Nayeong in the women’s doubles final, winning 3-1 (11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8).

Earlier, India’s hopes in men’s singles were dashed Czechia’s Lubomir Jancarik claimed his third consecutive victory over a host paddler, this time beating Sathiyan G 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 13-11) in the quarterfinals.

Jancarik had defeated Manush Shah in the pre-quarters and Manav Thakar in the second round and will now face Korea Republic’s Park Ganghyeon in the semifinals.