The WTT Vadodara 2026 feeder event starts from Friday (January 9), and a few top names in the Table Tennis circuit will battle for the Men's Singles title.
After a pulsating first couple of days in the qualifiers, eight players have advanced to the main draw and will commence their battle for glory from Round 1 of the main competition.
A total of 32 players have advanced to the main draw, with India's Manush Shah being the star pick among the names. The 24-year-old player is ranked 75 in the world, the best ranked among all in the Men's category and the top seed of this feeder event.
Similarly, a few other big Indian names are set to feature, as veteran Harmeet Desai, who is the 2nd seed, will lock horns against Sanil Shetty. Snehit Suravajjula
and Ankur Bhattacharya are up against Pratham Madlani and Abhinandh Pradhivadhi, respectively, in their Round of 32 encounter.
Priyanuj Bhattacharya, who recently won the U19 title in the youth contender event, will battle against the 8th seed Navid Shams in the first round.
Manush, who will be playing on his home turf, is a favourite to win the Feeder event this time around, which holds a prize money pool of USD 30,000. The entire Round of 32 will be played on Friday, which will be followed by the Round of 16 encounters as well.
The Qualifiers
Bengal duo Sougata Sarkar and Shankhadip Das qualified for the main draw after some excellent showing in the final qualifiers match. Shankhadip beat fourth seed Harshit Kumar in four sets, while Sougata secured a big win over Subrat Verma.
Another top-notch performance of the day came from Sarthak Arya, who showcased immense grit to win a hard battle against Raegan Albuqurque. The energetic Odisha player pulled off a crucial win and is now set to take part in the main draw.
WTT Vadodara Feeder Event Men's Singles Round of 32 Fixtures
Manush Shah vs Parth Magar
Akash Gupta vs Jash Modi
Ronit Bhanja vs Yashansh Malik
Priyanuj Bhattacharya vs Navid Shams
Snehit Suravajjula vs Pratham Madlani
Divyansh Srivastava vs Balamurugan Rajasekaran
Ved Sheth vs Mudit Dani
Abhinandh Pradhivadhi vs Ankur Bhattacharya
Payas Jain vs Kushal Chopda
Sarth Mishra vs Sarthak Arya
Abdulaziz Bu Shulaybi vs Abhilash Raval
Arnav Karnavar vs Edward Ly
Akash Pal vs Abdulrahiman Al Taher
Harkunwar Singh vs Shankhadip Das
Ali Alkhadrawi vs Sougata Sarkar
Sanil Shetty vs Harmeet Desai
