Cho causes the biggest flutter on day of upsets 

Giant-killer: Cho scripted a outstanding come-from-behind win towards World No. 1 Fan. 
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Cho Daeseong of Korea shocked World No. 1 Fan Zhendong of China in the males’s singles second spherical whereas Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra brought on upsets to make it to the girls’s singles pre-quarterfinal and preserve India’s marketing campaign alive in the the WTT Star Contender Goa 2023.

On a day that noticed a number of upsets — together with Manika and G. Sathiyan bowing out of the combined doubles quarterfinal — Daeseong, Sutirtha and Manika starred at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium.

Cho — the southpaw ranked 193 and who made it to the essential draw by means of the qualification rounds — despatched World No. 1 Fan Zhendong of China packing in the spherical of 32 to register the biggest win of his profession.

Trailing 2-0, the Korean got here again to win the second-round encounter 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 in half-hour.

Sutirtha then repeated the script by making quick work of World No. 18 Jia Nan Yuan of France 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.

The Bengal lady, who regained her mojo after a mediocre 2022 with the National Games, continued her surge with an emphatic win in her maiden Star Contender look.

While all the different Indians, barring Sutirtha, fared miserably, Manika joined the get together late in the night by defeating Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz, the World No. 14, in 4 video games.

Despite Diaz getting used to Manika’s lengthy pimples and exposing her weak point in the third sport, the Indian’s aggressive instincts and the unmasking of Diaz’s forehand ensured the Indian wrapped up the match 3-1.

Important outcomes: Men (round-of-32): Yukiya Uda (Jpn) bt G. Sathiyan 11-9, 11-5, 11-8; Cho Daeseong (Kor) bt Fan Zhendong (Chn) 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8; An Jaehyun (Kor) bt Patrick Franziska (Ger) 11-2, 11-7, Sept. 11, 4-11, 11-8.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Woojin Jang & Jonghoon Lim (Kor) bt Harmeet Desai & Manav Thakkar 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6.

Women (round-of-32): Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Jia Nan Yuan (Fra) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Manika Batra bt Adriana Diaz (PUE) 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Linda Bergstrom & Christina Kallberg (SWE) bt Sutirtha & Ayhika Mukherjee 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7.

Mixed doubles (quarterfinals): Miwa Harimoto & Shunsuke Togami (Jpn) bt Manika & Sathiyan 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.