Busan (Korea), July 2: Indian women finished a disappointing eighth after losing to Malaysia 1-3 in the team’s event while male paddlers went down 2-3 against Singapore in the Asian TT Championships here today.
The Indian eves did not show enough stomach for a fight and lost their 7th-8th play-off match to their much-fancied opponent.
The men’s team put up a brave show against mighty Singaporeans and fought neck and neck before losing their 5th-8th position tie. They will now play Iran for 7th-8th classification match tomorrow.
The women’s team, which had topped its Pool to qualify for the Champion Division that consisted of top-eight sides, were thrashed 0-3 by Chinese Taipei earlier today before going down to Malaysia. They had lost their quarterfinal match to China 0-3 last night.
In the men’s event, promising Soumyajit Ghosh (170) gave his team an excellent start as he upset Zi Yang (107) in a five-game contest. Ghosh won 11-9 8-11 11-7 3-11 11-5.
However, ace Indian paddler Achantha Sharath Kamal (68) could not emulate his young teammate’s feat and was easily beaten 6-11 10-12 7-11 by Gao Ning (15). (PTI)
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