TT ends with 2 bronze; volley, judo disappoint

sensational run in the table tennis event at the 18th Asian Games came to an end after Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra lost in the prequarterfinals of the singles competition here today.

World number 33 Sharath Kamal went down fighting against 14th ranked Chih-Yuan Chunag of Chinese Taipei 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 16-14, 9-11.

Sathiyan, who led India to a maiden medal in 60 years with his two wins against Japan in the team event, was not to able to do an encore against Kenta Matsudaira.

The world number 39 had beaten the 19th ranked Japanese in the team semifinals but today was not his day. He lost 11-9, 4-11, 9-11, 6-11, 10-12 in another round of 16 match.

Rising star Manika Batra won a game against world number five Wang Manyu but it was not enough to trouble the Chinese. She lost 2-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 4-11 in the women’s singles round of 16.

The table tennis players’ performance is among the highlights of India’s campaign at the 18th Asian Games.

Even the players did not think that they would end winning two bronze medals from the continental event.

Along with the men’s team bronze, Kamal and Batra combined to secure a bronze in mixed doubles.

INDIA WOMEN’S TEAM LOSE IN VOLLEYBALL

The India women’s volleyball team ended its campaign after going down 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in the classification 9-10 match here on Friday.

The Indian women were completely outplayed by Chinese Taipei, registering comfortable 25-21 25-16 25-15 to seal the contest in 73 minutes here. They had lost to the same opponents in a group B match on August 25.

The team failed to win a single match in pool B and ended bottom of the table after five defeats.

AVTAR, RAJWINDER OUSTED IN JUDO

Indian judokas Avtar Singh and Rajwinder Kaur were knocked out after losing in the men’s and women’s competition.

Singh lost to UAE’s Ivan Remarenco 1-10 in the men’s -100 kg elimination round of 16. Kaur went down by a similar margin to Japan’s Akira Sone in women’s +78 kg quarter-finals here.

Singh received a shido penalty for minor violations and the competition ended when his rival earned an ippon decision — the biggest point scored in judo.

Rajwinder was handed two shido penalty for minor violations and her opponent also received an ippon decision.

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