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WTT Star Contender Chennai: India will field their largest-ever contingent at a WTT Star Contender event, with 19 paddlers and 27 entries in the main draw, after national champions Manush Shah, Diya Chitale, and more received wildcards for WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025.

In doubles, TT great Achanta Sharath Kamal and his partner Snehit Suravajjula also secured a men’s doubles wildcard for the tournament, scheduled to be played from March 25-31 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.

All four women’s singles host-nominated wildcards went to Indian players, with the experienced Sutirtha Mukherjee and Krittwika Sinha Roy joining Swastika Ghosh and national champion Diya. In the men’s singles, Snehit joins Manush as the second Indian wildcard entry.