Indian paddlers will have a taste of international competition post the Tokyo Olympics when the main draw of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Budapest begins here on Tuesday.
Europe is hosting WTT first time ever.
This is the first WTT occasion to be held in Europe. India’s pinnacle paddler Sharath Kamal has opted to pass the tournament. India’s G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra seeded fourth and 6th withinside the men’s and women’s singles respectively might be hoping to have a great tournament.
Sathiyan will tackle France’s Can Akkuzu withinside the first spherical at the same time as Manika clashes with Sabine Winter of Germany. In combined doubles, Sathiyan and Manika will tackle Archana Kamath and Manav Thakkar withinside the first spherical.
The third-seeded duo of Harmeet Desai and Manav, Sanil Shetty-S. Snehit will function in men’s doubles. Other Indians withinside the singles’ predominant draw encompass Harmeet Desai, Manav in men’s and Archana in women’s.