Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan enter second round

 

Suzhou : G. Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal moved into second round of men's singles event of the QOROS World Table Tennis championship here on Wednesday.

 

G.Sathiyan, ranked 188th in the world, pulled off an upset of sorts when he beat 68th ranked Swede Gerell Par 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7 in the first round.

 

However, a tougher task awaits Sathiyan in the second round as he runs into world number 14 Fang Bo of China.

 

World Number 44 Sharath Kamal was stretched by lowly ranked Pak Sin Hyok of South Korea in the first round. Sharath dropped the first the first and fifth sets before winning 12-14, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7.

 

In the second round, Sharath will take on Simon Gauzy of France who is at present ranked 35th in the world.

 

However, in doubles the Indian pair of Sharath Kamal and G.Sathiyan lost to M. Morizono and Oshima Yuya of Japan in the first round 4-11, 11-9, 6-11, 4-11, 5-11.

 

Soumyajit Ghosh and Sanil Shetty lost to H. Chiang and S. Huang 11-9, 10-12, 12-10, 11-4, 6-11, 11-8 in the first round.

 

In women's singles event, the Indian paddlers courted disappointment with both Mouma Das and K. Shamini going down tamely in the first round.

 

Mouma Das went down to P.Mikhailova (Russia) 11-6, 7-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-6 in the first round while K. Shamini who did well to qualify for the main draw found R. Paskauskiene (Lithuania) a tough opponent and lost 2-11, 5-11, 4-11, 9-11 in straight sets.

 

K. Shamini and Mouma Das' campaign in doubles also ended in the first round with the duo losing to N. Komwong (Thailand) and Li Xia Don (China) 11-7, 6-11, 1-11, 8-11, 7-11.

 

Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das bowed out in the mixed doubles event in the second round. They were beaten 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 by Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong of South Korea. Soumyajit and Mouma had won the first round beating Mohd. Dsamasud and Hussien Habab of Sudan 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-3 in the first round.

 

The other Indian pair of Sanil Shetty and Manika Batra lost in the first round to Chen Chien and Chen Seu Yu of Chinese Taipei 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7.