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  • Indian ladies’s staff knocked out of TT International C’send

    The Indian ladies’s staff’s marketing campaign on the International Desk Tennis Championship ended with a 0-3 pre-quarterfinals loss to Chinese language Taipei.

    The trio of Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale misplaced their respective singles to concede the Spherical of 16 tie. Manika, whose shape has been patchy during the match, used to be no fit to the sector quantity 22 Chen Szu-Yu because the Indian succumbed to a disappointing 0-3 (7-11, September 11, 3-11) defeat.

    With India trailing 0-1, Birmingham Commonwealth Video games blended doubles gold medallist Sreeja couldn’t get previous international quantity 35 Ching I-Ching and went down 1-3 (8-11, 11-5 6-11, September 11). Chitale fought arduous and got here with reference to giving India its first win within the tie however the youngster misplaced to skilled Liu Hsing-Yin 2-3 (6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11 7-11).

    The Indian staff had defeated Czech Republic and Egypt whilst taking place to Germany within the team degree. The Indian males’s staff will tackle China within the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday

  • CWG 2022: Sreeja Akula suffers heartbreaking loss, misses bronze through whisker

    India’s Sreeja Akula suffered a heartbreaking loss on the Commonwealth Video games as she went all the way down to Australia’s Yangzi Liu 3-4 in a detailed bronze medal play-off.

    Sreeja went down 11-3 6-11 2-11 11-7 13-15 11-9 7-11 after staging a slew of comebacks in a fit that lasted a couple of and a part hour.The Hyderabad-born paddler made a assured get started in opposition to Liu who gave the impression moderately anxious and the previous took benefit of that to race to a 11-3 win the primary recreation.

    The Australian bounced again with a extra attacking intent and clinched the second one recreation 11-6 to attract degree.Buoyed through her comeback in the second one recreation, Liu persevered from the place she left off and didn’t permit the Indian to seek out any rhythm, and received the 3rd recreation 11-2.
    Sreeja, on the other hand, displayed the primary indicators of her never-say-die angle and trusted her good forehand performs to win the fourth recreation 11-7.With the fit all set at 2-2, it used to be Liu as soon as once more, who went forward with a good recreation and made it 15-13 within the 5th recreation.

    The 6th recreation grew to become out to be a fight of wits between the 2 avid gamers nevertheless it used to be Sreeja, who confirmed her magnificence through successful 11-9, after trailing 1-7 at one level.The deciding set grew to become out to be one thing equivalent as Sreeja, in spite of trailing 1-6, made it 5-8.

    Nevertheless it used to be the Australian who had the ultimate snort and walked away with the bronze. Within the males’s occasions, the pair of Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan will face the English duo of Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford within the doubles gold medal fit.Within the singles occasions, Sharath will tackle Drinkall within the first semifinal later this night whilst Sathiyan will pass swords with Pitchford in the second one semifinal conflict.

    Then again, the blended doubles gold medal fit will see Sharath pairing up with Sreeja to sq. up in opposition to Malaysian pair of

  • CWG 2022: Triple satisfaction for Sharath Kamal as veteran paddler reaches males’s, combined doubles last 

    Acantha Sharath Kamal made it to the finals of the doubles occasions after main the lads’s crew to Gold within the Commonwealth Video games 2022.

    Sharath Kamal has received 11 suits at the leap after successful the lads’s Gold in Birmingham. The 40-year-old is simplest furthering his legacy, achieving the semi-finals of the singles tournament as smartly.

    CWG 2022, Day 9 Updates | Medal Desk

    Sharath Kamal is confident of no less than 2 extra medals as he’s taking his tally to twelve within the historical past of the Commonwealth Video games.

    Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan reached the lads’s doubles last for the second one successive time on the Commonwealth Video games. The skilled pair defeated Lum Nicholas and Luu Fin of Australia in a hard-fought semi-final.

    Sharath and Sathiyan misplaced the outlet sport 8-11, however they bounced again to win the second one sport 11-9. Then again, Sharath and Sathiyan had been served some other set again as they misplaced the 3rd sport.

    Sharath and Sathiyan fought again within the remaining two video games as they took the 4th sport 11-1 to near out the fit 3-2 and succeed in the overall.

    SHARATH-SREEJA INTO FINAL

    Later within the day, Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula, the reigning nationwide champions, stormed into the overall of the combined doubles festival.

    In some other 5-game fight, Sharath and Sreeja took a 2-0 lead after successful the primary two video games 11-9, and 11-8.

    Then again, the Australian pair of Lum Nicholas and Minhyung jee bounced again to win the following two video games 11-8, 14-12.

    And within the decider, Sharath and Sreeja showcased all their revel in and received it 11-7 to guide a spot within the Gold medal fit.

    Within the males’s singles, Sharath Kamal defeated Singapore’s Isaac Quek Yong 4-0 to inch nearer to some other medal as he booked a spot within the semi-final.

    Then again, Sreeja Akula got here up with a valiant display in her girls’s singles semi-final however she misplaced the fit to Singapore Fianwei Teng. She is going to face Liu Yangzi within the bronze medal fit on Sunday.

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  • Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula sail into Desk Tennis singles quarters

    Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula entered the ladies’s singles quarterfinals within the desk tennis match of the Commonwealth Video games right here on Friday.

    Batra steamrolled Australian Jee Minhyung 11-4 11-8 11-6 12-10 to ebook her position within the quarterfinal.The 27-year-old superstar paddler will now tackle Singapore’s Jian Zeng within the remaining eight-clash later this night.

    Sreeja, alternatively, performed out a nerve-wracking come upon towards Charlotte Carey from Wales to safe herself a final 8 berth.The 24-year-old toiled arduous however held her nerves to overcome Carey 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, September 11, 11-4, 15-13, 12-10.

    Sreeja will lock horns with Canada’s Mo Zhang within the quarter-final which could also be slated to be held later this night.Previous within the day, each Manika and Sreeja additionally reached the combined doubles quarterfinal occasions.

    Batra and combined doubles spouse Sathiyan Gnanasekaran humbled Nigerians Olajide Omotayo and Ajoke Ojomu 11-7 11-6 11-7.The 2 will face Malaysia’s Javen Choong and Karen Lyne within the first quarter-final match on Friday.

    Sreeja and her spouse Achanta Sharath Kamal, alternatively, got here from in the back of to overcome Malaysia’s Leond Chee Fang and Ho Ying 5-11 11-2 11-6 11-5.They’ll sq. up towards house favourites Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho in the second one quarterfinal conflict at the identical day.

    In the meantime, Reeth Tennison, bowed out within the girls’s singles match after she went right down to Singapore’s Feng Tianwei in a spherical of 16 recreation.

    The Singaporean Tianwei proved too sturdy for Tennisson and the latter was once overwhelmed T 11-2, 11-4, September 11, 11-3, 11-4.