Table Tennis
Divyanshi-Ananya win U15 girls' doubles title at WTT Youth Star Contender Skopje
Divyanshi-Ananya had beaten fellow Indian pair of Riana-Ankolika in the semi-finals.
Ananya Muralidharan and Divyanshi Bhowmick won the U15 girls' doubles title at WTT Youth Star Contender in Skopje (Photo credit: WTT)
India's Ananya Muralidharan and Divyanshi Bhowmick combined to win the U15 girls' doubles title at the 2025 WTT Youth Star Contender in Skopje, Macedonia on Sunday.
Ananya and Divyanshi registered a hard fought 3-2 win against China's Zhao Wangqi and Liu Ziling to clinch the title in a final which lasted over 43 minutes.
The Indians had a good start to the match, winning the first game 11-8. Though they lost the next 7-11, they won the next 11-8 to go 2-1 up.
The Chinese paddlers brushed Ananya-Divyanshi aside to win the fourth game 11-6 to force a decider.
Both the pairs fought tooth and nail in the decider before Ananya-Divyanshi finally emerged out on top, clinching it 14-12.
Earlier in the competition, the Indian pair had started their campaign with a 3-0 win over South Korea's Lee Haelin and Yana Zhadzko in the quarter-finals after receiving a first round bye.
Ananya and Divyanshi then got the better of fellow Indian pair of Riana Bhoota and Ankolika Chakraborty 3-1 in the semi-finals to set up the tile clash against China.
