World C'ships: Indian women go down to Belarus

India suffered its fourth straight defeat on Tuesday.

01 May, 2018 18:02 IST

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 08: India celebrate their win over SIngapore to win the gold medal in their Womens Team gold medal match during Table Tennis on day four of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Oxenford Studios on April 8, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Indian suffered its fourth straight defeat in the women's Group-A Championship Division match of the World team table tennis championship here on Tuesday, losing to Belarus 3-0. In its last group contest, India will take on Russia at 10.40 p.m. IST on Tuesday. India will now have to play for positions 13 to 24.

Also, on Tuesday, India's men's team takes on Croatia in a must-win encounter at 7.30 pm IST.

The results:

Group A: India lost to Belarus 3-0 (Mouma Das lost to Viktoria Pavlovich 11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 8-1; Manika Batra lost to Nadezhda Bogdanova 11-4, 10-12, 3-11, 10-12; Madhurika Patkar lost to Daria Trigolos 11-5, 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 7-11).