After winning the Men’s and Women’s singles team titles with both their teams beating Malaysia in the finals, the Indian Men and Women have assured all eight medals in their invidual singles, in ongoing 22nd Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, being held in New Delhi at the Thyagaraj Stadium.
While top seeded Manush Shah moved into Men’s Singles semi finals along with Manav Thakkar, Harmeet Desai and Ankur Bhattacharjee, second seeded Sreeja Akula along with Syndrela Das , Suthirtha Mukherjee and Yashaswini Ghorpade also advanced into semi finals of Women’s Singles; thus putting up a good show.
Results: (Courtesy : TTFI )
Men’s Singles: Quarterfinals: Manush Shah (Ind) bt Aditya Sareen (Aus) 11-6, 11-8, 2-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-5; Payas Jain (Ind) bt Harmeet Desai (Ind) 8-11, 12-10, 12-14, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9; Ankur Bhattacharjee (Ind) bt Nicholas Wen Zheng Lum (Aus) 7-11, 15-13, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9; Manav Thakkar (Ind) bt Connor Alexander Green (Eng) 5-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8, 11-6.
Pre-quarterfinals: Manush bt Jash Modi (Ind) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; Aditya bt Akash Pal (Ind) 11-7, 12-14, 10-12, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4; Payas bt Josh Shao Han Chua (Sgp) 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9; Harmeet bt Sanil Shetty (Ind) 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Nicholas bt H. Jeho (Ind) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Ankur bt Qi Shen Wong (Mas) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5; Connor bt SFR Snehit (Ind) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3, 12-10; Manav bt Ronit Bhanja (Ind) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5.
Women’s Singles: Quarterfinals: Syndrela Das (Ind) bt Yanzgi Liu (Aus) 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8; Sreeja Akula (Ind0 bt Tin-Tin Ho (Eng) 13-11, 1-4, 11-9, 12-10; Yashaswini Ghorpade (Ind) bt Constantina Psihogios (Aus) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5; Sutirtha Mukherjee (Ind) bt Min Hyung Jee (Aus) 11-6, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7.
Pre-quarterfinals: Yanzgi bt Swastika Ghosh (Ind) 9-11, 12-10, 15-13, 11-2, 11-4; Syndrela bt Anusha Kutumbale (Ind) 3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 14-12, 6-11, 11-8; Tin-Tin bt Taneesha Kotecha (Ind) 4-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7; Sreeja bt Ai Xin Tee (Mas) 11-9, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9; Yashaswini bt Alice Li Sian Chang (Mas) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Constantina bt Divyanshi Bhowmick (Ind) 11-9, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8=9, 11-8, 11-4; Sutirtha bt Sayali Wani (Ind) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5; Min Hyung bt Nithya Shree Mani (Ind) 5-11, 15-13, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8.