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Table Tennis: Batra, Mukherjee singles te

AGENCIES:India khan laga bhabona ekta table  tennis medal jitibole nimete mixed doubles te  harijaishe  hoilebi  Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee toh bhal shuruwat kurishe  womens  singles  campaign Tokyo Olympics Saturday din te.

Etu  India’s table tennis campaign laga shuruwat te bhal thakanai etu te Sharath Kamal and Manika toh third seeds Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching Chinese Taipei mixed doubles round of 16 te 0-4 para haraa thakishe.

Hoilebi  world number 62 Manika toh wapas ahise 94th-ranked Tin-Tin Ho Britain 4-0 singles opener te haraidibole nimete aro 98th-ranked Sutirtha toh bhal kurishe tai laga Olympic debut te    etu bi wapas ahikena 78th-ranked Linda Bergstrom Sweden ke 4-3 para haraidishe.

Mukherjee toh Portugal’s Fu Yu second round te khelibo aro    manika toh Ukrain’s Margaryta Pesotska, ranked 32 thaka logote khelibo.

Mukherjee toh  bhal khelishe tai laga  Swedish opponent  ke harabole nimete etu bi 1-3 para pichede thakishe best of seven affair te.tai toh 5-11, 11-9, 11-13, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5 para jitishe.

Former player and India great Kamlesh Mehta toh ke jiota toh etu Sutirtha’s jita toh   bishi  bhal  thakishe tai practice kura toh defensive khelari logote.

Olop akhe mixed doubles te sharath aro manika toh chances bonaishe  etiya     Chinese Taipei laga opponent logote hoilebi tai khan kuribole paranai   5-1 lead kurikena  aro 5-3 thakikena  first duita  games te.

Khotom huwa tew etyu toh Lin aro cheng nimete 11-8 11-6 11-5 11-4 para jita thakishe.sharath aro manika toh practiced kurishe  milikena  tin  din akhe te national camp te   Tokyo laga flight naloa akhe te.

Qualifying event  te   bhal kurikena  etu Asian Games bronze medallists para bhabona uthaishe  Olympics laga historic medal nimete.