Overview
- Wildcard Tanishka Kalbhairav, 13, topped Group 5 to enter the women’s singles main draw after defeating Nepal’s Evana Thapa 11-9, 11-6, 12-10.
- Parth Magar, Jash Modi and Shankhadip Das secured men’s singles main-draw berths, with Parth beating Mehan Senthil 12-10, 15-13, 13-15, 11-8 and Jash sweeping Sriram Sivan 11-5, 11-6, 11-6.
- Earlier in qualifying, Jash Modi, Parth Magar and Sarthak Arya topped their groups to reach the knockout phase, highlighted by dominant wins over opponents from Bhutan and India.
- In mixed doubles, top seeds Raegan Albuquerque and Suhana Saini edged Sriram Sivan and Ananya Muralidharan 3-2 (5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10), while second seeds Abhinandh Pradhivadhi and Nithya Mani won 11-0, 11-0, 11-0.
- Sarthak Arya and Hardee Patel produced a notable earlier upset by ousting third seeds Snehit Suravajjula and Sayali Wani 3-2 to advance in mixed doubles qualifying at the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex, where the event is presented by the Sports Authority of Gujarat, hosted by the Table Tennis Association of Baroda and implemented by UTT.