Wed, Nov 17 10 10:22 PM
Guangzhou, Nov 17 (PTI) Ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the men''s singles table tennis event but Indian challenge ended in the women''s doubles category at the Asian Games here today. Sharath hardly broke any sweat to tame Sri Lanka''s S Rohan Gedara Nanamendra 4-0 in the second round while Amalraj had to fight it out against Muhd Shakirin Ibrahim of Malaysia 4-2. Sharath took just 17 minutes to get the better of his less-fancied Sri Lankan rival 11-9 11-7 11-1 11-8 and set up a clash against Sang Eun Oh of Korea in the last 16 round. In contrast, Amalraj had to toil hard for 40 minutes to get past Ibrahim 11-4 7-11 11-8 13-11 8-11 11-8. He will next face Chih Yuan Chuang of Taipei. However, Indian eves endured another disappointing day in table tennis at the Asian Games as the pairs of Mouma Das and Mamta Prabhu and Shamini Kumaresan and Madhurika Patkar crashed out in the first round. While Mouma and Mamta were no match for Singapore''s Jiawei Li and Beibei Sun, who routed them 0-3, the pair Shamini and Madhurika gave a tough fight to I Ching Cheng and Yi Hua Huang of Taipei before going down 2-3. The combination of Mouma and Mamta proved to be cake walk for the Singaporean girls who took just 13 minutes to sent the Indian duo packing 5-11 5-11 2-11. But Shamini and Madhurika fought their heart out against Cheng and Huang before losing the opening tie 11-5 3-11 12-10 4-11 4-11 in 27 minutes.
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