New Delhi: India's Mouma Das, K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar have entered the main draw of the women`s singles event while Soumyajit Ghosh too made the cut in the men's competition at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.
In the second preliminary round, Das got the better of Rheann Chung of Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 to secure her place in the main draw. K Shamini defeated Sovenia`s Manca Fajmut 4-2 while Madhurika Patkar too registered a 4-2 win over Gulchekhra Khusseinova of Kazakhstan to seal their spots.
However, Neha Aggarwal (428) went down to Monika Pietkiewicz (262) of Poland in a hard-fought seven-set encounter. Aggarwal lost the match 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 10-12.
In the men`s singles, Ghosh (189) recorded a six game win (8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5) over Julien Indeherberg of Belgium in the second preliminary round. The 20-year-old Indian will now take on world number 2 Long Ma of China....
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03:01 PM, May 15, 2013
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04:16 PM, May 14, 2013
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08:27 PM, May 09, 2013
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08:54 AM, May 06, 2013
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03:12 PM, Feb 14, 2013
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12:22 PM, Jan 13, 2013
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04:53 PM, Sep 20, 2012
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11:20 PM, Jul 28, 2012
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06:34 PM, Jul 27, 2012
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12:18 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: Harmeet Desai defeated Belgian Cedric Nuytin 4-2 to win the gold medal in the Under-21 men's final of the Brazil Open Table Tennis in Santos, becoming the first Indian to achieve such a feat. Desai triumphed 11-3 6-11 11-6 11-9 5-11 11-6. Earlier, the fourth seed had beaten compatriot Soumyajit Ghosh 10-12 11-8 6-11 11-1 11-4 in the semi-final to earn a meeting with Nuytin. Desai said that...
10:55 AM, Jun 17, 2012
