Now the Indians will have to meet Singapore
next in 5-8 position matchestomorrow while Iran ,
who lost 0-3 to Japan in the
quarters, will play Hong Kong . The winners of
the two matches play 5-6 positions and losers’ 7-8 ties. Iran had posted a 3-2 win over North Korea in
first division.
After all their hard work in the first division, it was a
huge task against the champion side China that has the Olympic and world
champions in their ranks and the Indians went down without a whimper. Xu Zin
beat Harmeet Desai 11-9, 11-9, 11-3, Zhang Jike outsmarted G. Sathiyan 11-5,
11-3, 11-4 and Fan Zhendong accounted for Soumyajit Ghosh 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
In the morning, the Indian men comfortably beat Uzbekistan 3-0
with Harmeet Desai beating Zokhid Kenjaev 3-0, Soumyajit Ghosh accounting for
Elmurod Holikov 3-0 and G. Sathiyan following it up with straight games win
over Gennadiy Levchenko.
But they had a major hurdle in Thailand
with the entire crowd backing and as it turned out, both Gosh and Sharath Kamal,
who was playing his first match in five months, started on a dreadful note
possible, giving no hope to India .
Padasak Tanviriyavechakul began on a whirlwind fashion
against Ghosh winning the first two games before Ghosh won the third. But a
fluent Padasak was way ahead of the Indian as the former won 11-6, 1-9, 8-11,
11-4. All the pressure was on Sharath, the top-ranked Indian in the world at
No. 52, who next took on Pattaratom Passara. It was a struggle for supremacy as
Sharath won one and lost one as at the end of the fourth game it was 2-2. In
the decider, Passara utilized the chances well and won 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9,
11-7.
From a no-win situation, Harmeet Desai brought India back in
the match when he beat Chanakam Udomsilp 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9. This gave a
flicker of hope as Sharath downed the top Thai player, Padasak in extended
points game of 13-11, 12-10, 10-12, 14-12. Then it was left to Ghosh to take
their No. 2 player, Passara. And the national champion won the decider 11-8,
11-9, 11-6, particularly the last game with a lot to spare.
But India ’s
women team was not as lucky as they went down to hosts in the semifinals 3-0
and will now play the 9-10 position match tomorrow against the Philippines , who lost to North Korea
0-3.
Earlier in the morning, Nanthana Komwong gave Thailand
the perfect start by beating Mouma Das (11-9, 11-4, 13-11), she was followed by
Suthasini Sawettabut who accounted for Manika Batra (10-12, 12-10, 14-12,
11-5), before Orawan Paranang brought matters to a conclusion by overcoming
Ankita Das (11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7).
TTFI Press release
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