Indian pair of Manika Batra and Achanta Sharath Kamal have certified for the mixed doubles occasion of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The World No. 19 Indian pair got here from behind to stun Korean pair Lee Sangsu and Jeon Jihee 4-2 within the ultimate conflict on the Asian Olympic Qualifiers.
Indian desk tennis duo had made their approach into the mixed doubles ultimate on the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament after defeating Singapore’s Koen Pang Yew En and Lin Ye 4-2 within the last-4 conflict in Doha on Friday (March 20).
Sharath and Manika confronted a tricky problem within the preliminary a part of the semi-final match because the scores had been stage at 2-2 after the fourth recreation. However, the 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist pair managed to carry an edge over the opponent and bagged two successive video games to finish a 12-10, Sep 11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 13-11 victory in 50 minutes.
Earlier on Thursday, all of the 4 Indian paddlers Sharath, Manika, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, and Sutirtha Mukherjee earned themselves singles qualification on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
While Sathiyan and Sutirtha emerged winners of their respective classes of the South Asian Group, Sharath and Manika sealed Tokyo berths by advantage of being the highest-ranked second-placed gamers.
It can be Sharath’s fourth Olympic Games. Sharath had thrashed Rameez 11-4, 11-1, 11-5, 11-4 in simply 23 minutes and had made the lower primarily based on his superior rankings.
Tokyo Olympics is scheduled from July 23-August 8 this yr. The Games had been scheduled to be held final yr however obtained postponed as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. Whereas, the Paralympics will happen from August 24 to September 5.
