Thrilling Finishes at WTT Star Contender Chennai

India's Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade secure a historic second place in mixed doubles at the WTT Star Contender Chennai. Romania's Eduard Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs clinch victory. Czech Lubomir Jancarik faces Thibault Poret in the men's singles final. Japanese players dominate the women's singles final.

In a closely followed event in Chennai, India's Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade showcased their prowess by finishing as runners-up in the mixed doubles category of the WTT Star Contender tournament. Despite their valiant efforts, they succumbed to Romanian second seeds Eduard Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs in a 0-3 defeat.

This is noted as the best outcome so far for an Indian pair in this tournament's history. Meanwhile, Czech player Lubomir Jancarik continued to impress as he secured a spot in the men's singles final after a challenging win over Korea Republic's Park Ganghyeon, setting the stage for a face-off against French seed Thibault Poret.

The women's singles final brings an intriguing all-Japanese faceoff between top seed Satsuki Odo and 15th seed Miu Hirano, promising high-octane action as the tournament reaches its exciting conclusion.

(With inputs from agencies.)