Published By: Aakash Biswas
Last Updated: February 21, 2024, 14:06 IST
Paddler Harmeet Desai steer the Indian males’s staff to pre-quarterfinals
The males’s staff had to toil exhausting to edge Kazakhstan 3-2 however the ladies’s staff had a simple time out because it blanked Italy 3-0 to transfer to the following spherical.
Harmeet Desai received the decisive fifth rubber to steer the Indian males’s staff to pre-quarterfinals whereas the ladies’s staff strolled into the final-16 stage of the World Table Tennis Team Championships with a simple 3-0 victory, right here Wednesday.
The males’s staff had to toil exhausting to edge Kazakhstan 3-2 however the ladies’s staff had a simple time out because it blanked Italy 3-0 to transfer to the following spherical.
The males’s staff will now compete in opposition to the highly effective South Koreans whereas the ladies will tackle Chinese-Taipei, in a while Wednesday.
Harmeet misplaced the opening match 2-3 to Kirill Gerassimenko (9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8) earlier than senior teammate and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sharath Kamal introduced India on stage phrases with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Alan Kurmangaliyev.
The age-defying 41-yr-previous Sharath Kamal dug deep into his reserves after being two video games down to flip the tide in opposition to his Kazakh opponent.
Sharath Kamal lastly received 6-11, 7-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9.
G Sathiyan then gave India a 2-1 lead after a minor lapse of focus within the second recreation, lastly notching up a simple 3-1 victory.
The two-time CWG gold medallist in staff occasions, Sathiyan received the opening recreation 11-6 however misplaced the following recreation tamely 5-11. He recovered from the lapse to win the final two video games 11-2, 11-7, giving his opponent completely no likelihood, as his high spin earned him the utmost factors.
Sharath Kamal although misplaced his second singles match 1-3 to Kirill Gerassimenko (4-11, 9-11, 11-6, 7-11) as Kazakhstan levelled the scores.
Harmeet didn’t present any indicators of nerves within the decider and received 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7).
In the ladies’s part, Sreeja Akula defeated Nikoleta Stefanova 12-10, 11-6, 11-8, whereas Manika Batra crushed Giorgia Piccolin 12-10, 11-6, 11-5.
Ayhika Mukherjee sealed the tie with a 15-13, 11-9, 13-15, 11-8 win over Gaia Monfardini.
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