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—Mouma Das, K. Shamini and Madhurika Patkar.
Sharath defeated world No. 106 Spaniar 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.
The Indian challenge in the women’s 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.
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 .
But life was not easy for the other pairs—Sharath and
Shamini and Amalraj and Madhurika. Sharath and Shamini were defeated by Germany ’s
Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Slja 4-0 and the Japanese duo of Maharu
Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa accounted for Amalraj and Madhurika 4-2.
TTFI Press release
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