{"id":15399,"date":"2013-05-16T07:32:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15399"},"modified":"2013-05-16T07:32:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T07:32:17","slug":"sharath-lone-indian-singles-hope-at-the-world-cships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15399","title":{"rendered":"Sharath lone Indian singles hope at the World C&#8217;ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">New Delhi: On a difficult day for India at the Wo<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15398\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sharath-kamal_0.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"sharath-kamal 0\" style=\"float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sharath-kamal_0.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sharath-kamal_0-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>rld Championships in Paris, Achanta Sharath Kamal proved to be the lone flag-bearer of the country when he defeated Spaniard Carlos Machado in first round of the men\u2019s singles late tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Except for the top-ranked Indian at 69, all other paddlers made exit and it included Soumyajit Ghosh, Athony Amalraj and all three women players\u2014Mouma Das, K. Shamini and Madhurika Patkar.<\/p>\n<p>Sharath defeated world No. 106 Spaniard 4-2 (11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9) to advance to the second round while Amalraj lost to a higher-ranked (22) Koki Niwa in straight sets of 5-11, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11. Ghosh too lost his first round battle against world No. 2 Ma Long as the Chinese proved too hot for the Indian. The Chinese won 11-8, 11-4, 11-3, 11-9.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian challenge in the women\u2019s singles came to an end as Shamini was outclassed by Italian Nikoleta Stefanova 4-11, 5-11, 7-11, 9-11 and before that Madhurika, though managed to take game off her opponent Wing Nam NG, the Hong Kong paddlers was too good on the day with 8-11, 4-11, 8-11, 12-10, 3-11 triumph. Mouma Das, who began promisingly, went down to another Hong Kong girl, Ho Ching Lee. The world No. 37 paddler outlasted her Indian rival with a 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 victory.<\/p>\n<p>There was some hope in the mixed doubles as the Soumyajit Ghosh- Mouma Das pair secured a spot in the round of 32 with a win over Russian duo of Alexander Shibaev and Elana Troshneva 16-14, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8. But in the next round they will be running into Peng Tang and Wing Nam NG, a strong pair from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>But life was not easy for the other pairs\u2014Sharath and Shamini and Amalraj and Madhurika. Sharath and Shamini were defeated by Germany\u2019s Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Slja 4-0 and the Japanese duo of Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa accounted for Amalraj and Madhurika 4-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: On a difficult day for India at the World Championships in Paris, Achanta Sharath Kamal proved to be the lone flag-bearer of the country when he defeated Spaniard Carlos Machado in first round of the men\u2019s singles late tonight. 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