India’s Manush Shah-Diya Chitale, were crowned as the mixed doubles champions at the WTT Contender Muscat with a last-gasp 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 5-11, 13-11 win over Huang Youzheng-Shi Xunyao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manush-Diya have had their resolve challenged multiple times throughout the week, needing all five games to come out on top against Chen Yuanyu-Han Feier in the opening round, before staging a jaw-dropping comeback from two games down to deny Thibault Poret-Charlotte Lutz in the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As fate would have it, those full-distance encounters would prove excellent preparation for Friday\u2019s final. Despite seeing their lead cancelled out twice by Youzheng-Xunyao, the Indian pair didn\u2019t let their heads drop. As the saying goes, pressure makes diamonds. Two championship points came and went, but Manush-Diya didn\u2019t falter, bringing it home at the third attempt to strike success for the second time on the WTT Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the day, the men\u2019s singles draw was hit by a shock exit, losing its top-seeded entry Lin Shidong, who saw his week end at the hands of Darko Jorgic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Slovenian would leave the table all smiles after completing his second-ever win over Lin Shidong, and his first in four years 11-9, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9. However, Jorgic couldn\u2019t follow up, ending up on the wrong side of a 3-1 showdown against Wen Ruibo, who continued to build on his impressive start to the season with a 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n