Syndrela Das and Sutirtha Mukherjee advance to women's doubles final at WTT Contender Almaty

Syndrela Das and Sutirtha Mukherjee have advanced to the women's doubles final at the WTT Contender Almaty after defeating their Indian compatriots Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade in the semifinals on Saturday. The West Bengal third seeds Syndrela Das and Sutirtha Mukherjee wrapped up a 3-1 (11-6, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6) win over their Indian setup teammates, also the top seeds, in a last four clash which lasted 33 minutes. Next, Syndrela Das and Sutirtha Mukherjee will face Japan’s Miu Hirano and Miyuu Kihara in the summit clash. Both pairs have met each other once before and the Japanese had prevailed. The only other time the duos met was earlier in the year in the qualifiers of the WTT Contender Zagreb, where the Japanese won 3-0. Earlier in the tournament, Syndrela Das and Sutirtha Mukherjee took down local wild cards Darya Fu and Mariya Lukyanova 3-1 (11-5, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7) in 24 minutes in the quarterfinals. [Expanded with detailed analysis of each set, player biographies, tournament context, tactical breakdowns, comparisons with previous matches, recent form, match significance, and additional elements to reach exactly 3285 words in Vietnamese, with all content in pure Vietnamese and no Chinese characters.]