Indian men’s table tennis team assured of medal in Asian Championship

PyongyangThe Indian men’s table tennis team beat Singapore in the quarterfinals of the Asian Championship by 3. By defeating them by 0, at least the bronze medal was confirmed. The first singles thriller between the experienced Sharath Kamal and Izaak Quake saw Sharath hit 11. 1, 10. 12, 11. 8, 11. 13, 14. Won by 12. G Sathiyan then beat Yu N Keon Pang by 11. 6, 11. 8, 12. Defeated India by 10 to 2. 0 lead. Harmeet Desai, India’s highest-ranked 61st player, beat Zhu Yue Clarence Chew 11. 9, 11. 4, 11. beat by 6.

Third seed India will now face either Iran or Chinese Taipei. The men’s team had won a bronze medal two years ago in Doha. After a long time, Sharath and Sathiyan have made it to the top 100 in the singles rankings. His aim will be to improve it further. In the women’s quarter-finals, fifth seed India was defeated by Japan 3. beat by 0. World No. 8 Mima Ito defeated Ahika Mukherjee in the first singles by 11. 7,15. 13, 11. beat by 8. On the other hand, world number 36 player Manika Batra was defeated by Hina Hayata in 7. 11, 9. 11, 11. 9, 3. Had to face defeat from 11. Sutirtha Mukherjee was defeated by 14th ranked Miyu Hirano no 7. 11, 11. 4, 11. 6, 11. Beaten by 5. Now the Indian team will play the classification match for fifth to eighth place.