Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee
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Expansion
Women’s doubles pair of Sutirtha and Ayahika Mukherjee defeated Japan’s pair of Miyu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto 3-1 (11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11) to win the WTT Contenders tournament in Tunis. . They are the first Indian couple to do so. Both the young Japanese players are among the top 25 players in the world in singles. A day earlier, they had defeated Korea’s Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee 3-2 in the semi-finals.