Pyeongchang [South Korea], September 4 (ANI): Indian males’s desk tennis group on Monday cruised to the semifinals of the continued Asian Table Tennis Championship 2023 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Indian males’s group, comprising, veteran paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai, hammered Singapore 3-0 to clinch its semifinal berth. The victory in opposition to Singapore additionally assured India a medal within the event.
A spot within the final 4 ensures a medal for the Indian males’s group on the continental championships as each shedding semifinalists are rewarded bronze medals on the competitors.
Playing the primary match of the tie on Monday morning, Sharath Kamal clinched the primary set 11-1 however confronted formidable resistance from Izaac Quek within the subsequent.
With Izaac drawing degree within the second set 12-10, Sharath Kamal regained his lead within the third 11-8. Izaac would draw degree once more at 13-11 nonetheless it didn’t take lengthy for Sharath Kamal to regain management and the match with a scoreline of 11-1, 10-12, 11-8, 11-13, 14-12.
The second match of the tie noticed, Sathiyan play a dominant match in opposition to Yew En Koen Pang and prevailed 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 12-10).
In the third match, Harmeet, too clinched a straight-set victory over Zhe Yu Clarence Chew 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6) to make sure India’s place within the semifinals.
However, the Indian ladies’s TT group suffered a defeat to Japan 0-3 after veteran paddler Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee have been overwhelmed of their respective matches within the quarterfinal tie.
In the ladies’s group quarterfinals, Mukherjee, taking part in in opposition to Japan’s Mima Ito, misplaced 3-0 within the first match. India’s star desk tennis participant Manika Batra (1-3) and Sutirtha Mukherjee (1-3) additionally suffered defeats to Hina Hayata and Miu Hirano, respectively. The trio will subsequent play within the classification match for the 5-8 spot on Tuesday. India’s combined doubles group of Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran can be in motion on Tuesday. The Indian duo, after receiving a bye within the spherical of 64, will face the Thai duo of Sanguansin Phakpoom and Paranang Orawan within the spherical of 32The winners of the lads’s and ladies’s group occasions in addition to the combined doubles competitors will every safe a spot for subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics. (ANI)