Last Updated: August 02, 2022, 02:57 IST
Indian desk tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal (AP Photo)
Sharath Kamal led India’s cost towards the Nigerian unit in a 3-0 drubbing of the African nation to seal a spot within the last of the lads’s desk tennis workforce occasion in Birmingham
Sharath Kamal slayed world quantity 15 Aruna Quadri as defending champions India rode previous Nigeria 3-0 to make one other last on the Commonwealth Games. G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai gained the opening doubles tie towards Olajide Omotayo and Abiodun Bode in straight video games to set the tone for the tie.
It was the 40-year-old Sharath who gained the essential second singles match towards Quadri to supply an enormous benefit to India. The last scoreline learn 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 15-13 in favour of the Indian.
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It was an intense battle between the 2 rivals who know one another’s sport inside out. Sharath employed a high-risk technique that helped him win the primary sport. The Nigerian bounced again to degree the match earlier than Sharath upped his sport within the third with some crisp backhand winners. The fourth turned out to be essentially the most entertaining for spectators on the NEC area. Long and quick rallies had everybody on the sting of their seats. The greatest rally (19 pictures) of the match got here late within the sport with Quadri successful it 9-8.
Sharath used the physique smash as his get-out-of-jail card and managed to make it 10-10. The Indian had the final chuckle as Quadri netted a backhand.
India’s highest ranked participant Sathiyan then battled previous Omotayo 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-8 to finish a fantastic victory.
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