Friday, January 24, 2020

Table Tennis News

At ITTF World Olympic Team Qualification - Tokyo 2020, Gondomar, Portugal

Men's Teams - Round of 16
(5) India l (11) Slovenia 1-3
[M1] Harmeet Desai (IND)/ Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND) bt Deni Kozul (SLO)/ Bojan Tokic (SLO) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-5)
[M2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) l Darko Jorgic (SLO,40) 0-3 (9-11, 10-12, 3-11)
[M3] Harmeet Desai (IND,86) l Bojan Tokic (SLO,62) 2-3 (11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11, 6-11)
[M4] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,33) l Darko Jorgic (SLO,40) 1-3 (12-10, 7-11, 10-12, 8-11)

Women's Teams - Round of 32
(17) India l (5) Romania 2-3
[M1] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND)/ Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) l Daniela Monteiro Dodean (ROU)/ Elizabeta Samara (ROU) 2-3 (12-10 10-12, 11-7, 5-11, 6-11)
[M2] Manika Batra (IND,61) bt Bernadette Szocs (ROU,19) 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7)
[M3] Ayhika Mukherjee (IND,121) l Elizabeta Samara (ROU,31) 1-3 (10-12, 11-5, 2-11, 7-11)
[M4] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,157) bt Bernadette Szocs (ROU,19) 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 11-4)
[M5] Manika Batra (IND,61) l Daniela Monteiro Dodean (ROU,134) 1-3 (8-11, 4-11, 11-3, 2-11)

Both Indian teams need to win the ITTF Olympic Team Qualification tournaments stage 2 for the qualification of Tokyo 2020 after their round of 16 losses.

Our men's team faced a surprising loss against the #11 seeded Slovenia men's team ... After winning the doubles match, Sathiyan and Sharath lost their singles matches against Darko Jorgic and Harmeet lost against Bojan Tokic ... In Stage 2 quarter-final, they r facing the Czech Republic team.

Our women's team missed a big chance of scoring an upset win over the #5 seeded Romanian women's team ... Manika and Sutirtha defeated the top-20 Bernadette Szocs and increased our chances ... But in the last match, Manika lost one-sided against a lower-ranked Daniela Montiro Dodean ... In Stage 2 quarter-final, they r facing a French team.

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