Yashaswini, Aoki among key withdrawals for WTT Feeder Chennai

FILE IMAGE: Yashaswini Ghorpade is among the big names to miss the WTT Feeder in Chennai. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP

The main draw of the WTT Feeder Chennai, which begins at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University near here on Friday, has been hit by a few withdrawals.

Yashaswini Ghorpade has pulled out of the women’s singles and mixed doubles, in which she was to partner Harmeet Desai. She was seeded No. 3 in the women’s singles and was the top seed alongside Harmeet in the mixed doubles.

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Following her withdrawal, Divyanshi Bhowmick has been elevated to the No. 3 seed in the women’s singles, while the pair of Akash Pal and Sutirtha Mukherjee has taken over the top billing in the mixed doubles.

Japan’s Sachi Aoki, the top seed in the women’s singles, has also pulled out. South Korea’s Yang Ha Eun (world No. 64), initially seeded second, has consequently been elevated to the top seed.

Sachi was also the top seed in women’s doubles with Sai Shibata. Now, with the former’s withdrawal, Taneesha Kotecha and Swastika Ghosh has received the top billing.