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New Delhi: The Indian paddlers, nearing the homestretch, assured themselves of six more medals on Thursday to make it the most memorable outing ever in a Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at the Thyagraj Stadium here.<\/p>\nNew Delhi: The Indian paddlers, nearing the homestretch, assured themselves of six more medals on Thursday to make it the most memorable outing ever in a Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at the Thyagraj Stadium here.<\/p>\n
The mixed doubles pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das added a silver on Thursday to the two\u2014silver (men) and bronze (women)\u2014already won in team events and added a bronze today in the mixed doubles where.<\/p>\n
Ghosh and Mouma lost 3-11, 13-15, 7-11 to the Singaporean pair of Zhan Jian and Zhou Yihan. They had earlier beaten another Singaporean duo Yang Zi and Yu Mengyu, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 to enter the semifinals. In a fast-paced final, the Indians struggled to find their feet before surrendering to the guiles of Zhan and Zhou.\n<\/p>\n
Thus, the hosts went past the tally seven\u2014one gold (men\u2019s doubles), two sliver and four bronze medals \u2014they won at Glasgow championships in 2009 to rewrite the record in a most befitting manner.<\/p>\n
As of now, the Indians are assured of two medals in women\u2019s doubles, two in women\u2019s singles and one in men\u2019s doubles, and one in men\u2019s singles.<\/p>\n
After the exit of Jubin Kumar and Anthony Amalraj, the entire focus shifted to the quarterfinal match between Achanta Sharath Kamal and Singapore\u2019s Yang Zi. The way Sharath began against Yang, it seemed to be a one-sided affair until the Singaporean began attacking from both flanks to catch the Indian on the wrong foot.<\/p>\n
Taking the next two games with sheer grit and power, Yang took the match to the decider. Sharath began well and surged into 6-4 lead, but the Singaporean made a strong come back to level the score at 6-6, then 8-8 to give some really worry to the lone Indian in fray. But Sharath, egged on by the crowd, sent down a scorching forehand to go 9-8 up and then he retrieved an intricate return from his opponent to go 10-8 which upped his confidence. With the serve returning to Yang, he was already on the back foot and Sharath\u2019s superb forehand return had no answer from his rival.<\/p>\n
Sharath, speaking after the match, admitted that he was not prepared for the sudden attacking game by his opponent. \u201cAfter the first two easy games, he started attacking and I was put down by his strategy. But I must give credit to him that he was able to return and kill with full power even when I tried to keep the ball short. I am happy I played okay today but he managed to get some crucial points off me. That was a bother,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Defending men\u2019s doubles champions Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha were also through to the semifinals. The pair defeated the Nigerian duo of Onaolapo Ojo and Omotavo Olajide 3-0. The Indians will take on the English pair of Christopher Doran and Saumuel Walker, who beat Singapore\u2019s Li Hu and Ma Liang 3-2, in the semifinals tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
On the penultimate day, India had several positives. To begin with, Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das made the mixed doubles final. Indeed, the pair\u2019s performance in the morning was so good that it rubbed on the other Indians who followed it up with sterling showing in the afternoon. Mouma Das, in particular, came up with fine display, entering the women\u2019s singles and doubles semifinals, to add to her personal medal count after having helped the team to a bronze medal on Wednesday. In fact, the championships have proved to be a happy one for the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n
Mouma defeated England\u2019s Joanna Parker 3-1 in the women\u2019s singles and before that she combined with K. Shamini to go past Malaysian duo or Lee Wei Beh and Sock Khim NG 3-1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7) while the Neha Aggarwala-Madhurika Patkar pair sent compatriots Divya Deshpande and Pooja Sahasrabudhe packing with straight games win (12-10, 11-4, 11-3). Earlier, Neha and Madhurika also won their respective quarterfinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The Indian paddlers, nearing the homestretch, assured themselves of six more medals on Thursday to make it the most memorable outing ever in a Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at the Thyagraj Stadium here.<\/p>\n
The mixed doubles pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das added a silver on Thursday to the two\u2014silver (men) and bronze (women)\u2014already won in team events and added a bronze today in the mixed doubles where.<\/p>\n
Ghosh and Mouma lost 3-11, 13-15, 7-11 to the Singaporean pair of Zhan Jian and Zhou Yihan. They had earlier beaten another Singaporean duo Yang Zi and Yu Mengyu, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 to enter the semifinals. In a fast-paced final, the Indians struggled to find their feet before surrendering to the guiles of Zhan and Zhou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"\n