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Sutirtha and Ayhika win WTT Contender women’s doubles title
New Delhi. Indian women’s doubles pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayahika Mukherjee defeated Japanese pair of Miyu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto 3-1 in the final of the WTT Contenders tournament in Tunis on Sunday. The pair of Sutirtha and Ayahika defeated the Japanese pair 11-5 11-6 5-11 13-11 in the final.
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The Indian pair defeated the Korean pair of Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee 3-2 (7-11 11-9 11-9 7-11 11-9) in the semi-finals on Saturday. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Manika Batra and G Sathiyan, besides the men’s doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah, had lost their respective semi-finals on Saturday.