Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rajeev Rai
Updated Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:53 PM IST
Summary
India’s star table tennis player G Sathiyan has been ruled out of the WTT Contenders Muscat tournament. He was defeated by 16-year-old Lin Shidong of China in the singles event. He defeated world number 32 Sathiyan 8-11, 13-11, 2-11, 8-11.
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Two Indian women Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula and S Selvakumar advanced to the medal round in the women’s doubles category. In women’s doubles, Sutirtha and Ayika got a walkover from Czech Republic’s Dena Blaskova and Katarina Tomanovsk, while Sreeja and Selvakumar beat Singapore’s Goi Rui Xuan and Won Xin Roo 13-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7. Gave.
In women’s singles, Manika Batra and Archana Kamath defeated Lin Ye of Singapore and Mo Zhang of Canada to reach the last 16 respectively. Manika defeated Lin 12-10, 11-8, 11-8. She will now face Romania’s Bernadette S, who is ranked 23rd in the world rankings.
Archana defeated the Canadian opponent 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9. She will now face Mongolia’s Xiaoxin Yang. On the other hand, Sreeja Akula lost to Jia Nan Yuan of France 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11.
In mixed doubles, Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath advanced to the quarterfinals as they defeated Turkey’s Abdullah Yizenler and Ozge Yilmaz 11-9, 14-12, 11-2.
Sathiyan and Manika also advanced to the next round as their rival Russian team was not allowed to play. Significantly, ITTF has banned Russian players.