Indian paddlers crash out
New Delhi, June 22: The Indian paddlers crashed out of the ongoing Japan Open Super Series event at Yokohoma as both Achanta Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh bowed out in the men's singles events.
Earlier, Ghosh lost in the round of 32 to Taipei's Chen Chien-An 1-4. The Taipei paddler, ranked 28 in the world, beat the Indian 9-11, 11-3, 14-12, 11-4, 11-4. The doubles pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and Harmeet Desai failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals stage as the duo lost to the Japanese pair of Jin Ueda and Maharu Yoshimura 6-11, 6-11, 9-11. |