File image of G Sathiyan©AFP
India’s G Sathiyan has advanced to the pre-quarter finals of men’s doubles and mixed doubles alongside Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra respectively at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban on Monday. Sathiyan and Sharath defeated the Hungarian-Danish team of Bence Majoros and Anders Lind 11-5, 11-4, 15-13 in a round of 32 matches. Later on Monday, Sathiyan teamed up with Manika to defeat Brazil’s Eric Jouti and Lucakumahara 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 in a round of 32 mixed doubles match.
However, veteran Sharath suffered a second round singles loss to Korean Lee Sang Su. The 56th ranked lost to the 33rd ranked player in consecutive games by a score of 11-4, 13-11, 11-8, 12-10 in favor of the Korean.
Reigning national champion Sreeja Akula also left the singles competition with a 2-11, 4-11, 2-11, 4-11 defeat to world number 10 Ying Han from Germany.
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