Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal crash out of WTT Contender , Indian challenge ends

By Harpal Singh Bedi

Newsabode March 4, 2021

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ACHANTA SHARATH KAMAL of Team Chennai Lions in action during the match of the Ultimate Table Tennis League played between Team Chennai Lions and Team RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata at Thayagraj Stadium in Delhi, India on 6th August 2019. Photo : Sandeep Shetty / Focus Sports / Ultimate Table Tennis

Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal crash out of WTT Contender, Indian challenge ends

New Delhi, 4 March: Indian challenge came to an end with star paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal suffering a straight-set 6-11, 4-11, 8-11 defeat against World No. 7 Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei in the singles pre-quarters of the WTT Contender in Doha on Thursday.

The World No. 32 Sharath, failed to control the proceedings though he put up a good resistance in the latter part of the match against the higher-ranked Yun-Ju.

With Sharath’s loss, it was curtains for India in this tournament.

Earlier in the women section, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula lost their respective final qualifying round matches

Manika went down to World No. 69 Ganna Gaponova 5-11, 6-11, 14-12, 5-11, Akula, who had outclassed World No. 74 Vega Paulina of Chile in the earlier round, made her Russian opponent Mariia Tailkova work hard before losing the tie 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 5-11.

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