Asian Table Tennis: Sharath-Sathiyan, Harmeet-Manav assure India of bronze

Meanwhile, in women's singles, all the Indians, Ayhika Mukherjee, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Archana Kamath and Sreeja Akula, lost in the round of 32.

Published : Oct 03, 2021 20:38 IST

Sharath Kamal-G. Sathiyan (in picture) and Harmeet Desai-Manav Thakkar stormed into the men's semifinals of the Asian table tennis championships in Doha.

Sharath Kamal-G. Sathiyan (in picture) and Harmeet Desai-Manav Thakkar stormed into the men's semifinals of the Asian table tennis championships in Doha.

Sharath Kamal-G. Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai-Manav Thakkar stormed into the men's semifinals of the Asian table tennis championships in Doha on Sunday, thereby assuring the country of two more bronze medals.

Meanwhile, in women's singles, all the Indians, Ayhika Mukherjee, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Archana Kamath and Sreeja Akula, lost in the round of 32.

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In the men's doubles semifinals to be held on Monday, the Harmeet-Manav pair will take on Korea's Jang Woojin and Lim Jonghoon while the Sharath-Sathiyan duo will meet Yukiya Uda and Shunsuke Togami of Japan.

Sharath entered the men's singles quarterfinals with a facile 11-8, 12-10, 11-6 victory over Abdulwahhab Mohammed of Qatar. However, India's top-ranked paddler, lost to Lee Sangsu of Korea 8-11, 8-11, 9-11 in the quarterfinals.