The top-ranked in Indian in the world beat Ro Kwang Jin of
DPR Korea 11-5, 11-7, 14-12 in the round of 32 to move ahead. He will next meet
Hong Kong ’s Lam Siu Hang in the
pre-quarterfinals.
As for the other Indian in fray, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet
Desai and Sanil Shetty bowed out in the round of 32. Ghossh lost to Koki Nawa
(Japan) 3-11, 4-11, 5-11, Desai went down 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 4-11 and Shetty
lost in straight games of 10-12, 8-11, 6-11 to Korean Lee Sangshu. G. Sathiyan
could not do much against his second round opponent and he failed to go past
him.
Since the singles draw had 128 players, it was a busy day
for the Indians in both sections as they began their campaign as early as at 9
a.m., playing round after round with only top eight players getting first round
byes. The Indians had easy passages in the first two rounds but the third round
posed problems.
However, Sharath continued his good form and defeated the
North Korean who, despite putting up a brave front in the third game in which
he stretched the Indian, saved three match points after the third game saw
several deuces.
Earlier, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabuddhe, Suthirtha
Mukherjee and Manika Batra all lasted just the first round and failed to go
beyond the round of 64. However, veteran Mouma Das entered the third round
where Taipei ’s
Cheng I Ching downed the Indian 11-9, 11-6, 11-6.
In doubles, too, Indians could not make much of an
impression except in the women’s section, when Manika Batra and Mouma Das
progressed up to the quarters. Unfortunately for them, they ran into the
Chinese pair of Zhe Yuling and Chen Meng and after waging a good fight lost 7,
11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8. The men’s pairs of Sharath and Sanil Shetty and Soumyajit
Ghosh and Harmeet Desai bowed out in the pre-quarterfinals.
TTFI release
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