Singapore Smash Sharath Kamal reaches round of 16 after defeating world number 13

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New Delhi. Commonwealth Games gold medalist Achanta Sharath Kamal reached the round of 16 of the Singapore Smash for the first time after an impressive 3-1 (8-11, , 11-6, 11-8, 11-9) win over world No. 13 Darko Jorgic. Went.

It took a while for Darko to get out of his block but he won the first game and looked sharp, but after that it was all Sharath Kamal as he dodged Darko, taking out all the smashes and drops that came his way. Couldn’t face the shower of.

Both paddlers had many amazing rallies during the game and Sharath often maintained his composure to win points. World number 88 Sharath booked his place in the main draw by defeating Andre Istrate of Romania, Yuta Tanaka of Japan and Dani Kozul of Slovenia in the opening qualifying round of his Singapore tour.

In the round of 64, Sharath registered a 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-6) win over world No. 31 Nicolas Burgos of Chile. India’s 10-time national champion will compete against Korea’s Lee Sang Soo or Egypt’s Omas Assar for a place in the quarter-finals.

Asian Games bronze medalists Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee lost 1-3 (4-11, 14-12, 3-11, 9-11) to Romanian-Spanish players Edina Diaconu and Maria Xiao in the women’s doubles round of 16. Had to do.

The Indian pair had won 3-2 (11-8, 5-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9) against Japan’s Miu Hirano and Miwa Harimoto in the preliminary round. The Mukherjee sisters, Sutirtha and Ayahika, defeated Japanese pair Miu Hirano and Miwa Harimoto in a closely contested match 3-2 (11-8, 5-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9) to reach the round of 16.

–IANS

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