WTT Star Contender Chennai: Sharath Kamal Round of 16 pahunjishey

Chennai, 29 March : Indian table tennis laga dangor player Achanta Sharath Kamal Friday din WTT Star Contender tournament te Australia laga 10th seed Nicholas Lum upor straight-game win loikena nijor experience pura dekhai dise.

Itu Sharath laga farewell event thakise, aru tai Round of 16 te aru tini jon Indian players ke loijai dise—Manav Thakkar aru Snehit Suravajjula men’s singles te, aru Krittwika Roy women’s singles te agai jai dise.

Tai pora 23 saal kom umr laga opponent upor khelikena, five-time Olympian Sharath first duta game identical 11-8 score te jiti dise. Tai laga forehand aru backhand bishi powerful thakise, aru third game te five-point lead loi kena last te ekta khirokhoti down-the-line backhand smash mari kena Lum ke harai dise.

42-year-old Sharath Round of 16 te tai laga usual men’s doubles partner Snehit upor khelibo Saturday din. Snehit seventh seed Japan laga Yukiya Uda upor first duta game harai thaka pora ekta dangor comeback win loi kena agai loijai dise.

Tai age, Manav Thakkar bhi nijor silverware jonno fight chali thakise, juntu men’s singles te 11th seed Finn Luu upor confident win loikena Round of 16 te punchuri dise. Thakkar aru Luu first duta game share kuri dise, kintu third game pora Thakkar advantage loi kena last te 3-1 win confirm kuri dise.

Women’s singles te, Indian wildcard Krittwika ekta dangor upset kuri dise, 10th seed Sreeja Akula upor 3-2 win loi kena Round of 32 pora agai jai dise. Itu match ekta pura five-game battle thakise, aru last te Krittwika jiti loijai dise.

Dusra side te, Tomokazu Harimoto, Hugo Calderano, Hina Hayata aru Miwa Harimoto bhi Round of 16 te punchuri dise. Harimoto ekta tough match te Maharu Yoshimura upor jitise, aru Calderano Ho Kwan Kit upor 3-1 comeback win loi dise. Hina Hayata Li Yu-Jhun ke 3-0 pora harai dise, aru Miwa Harimoto Yeh Yi-Tian upor ekta easy win loi dise.

Men’s doubles semifinal te, top seeds Tomokazu Harimoto aru Sora Matsushima ekta five-game thriller te Wong Chun Ting aru Chan Baldwin upor 3-2 jiti loijai dise. Dusra side te, Korea Republic laga Lim Jong-hoon aru An Jae-hyun India laga wildcard duo Sharath aru Snehit upor 3-1 te jiti dise.

Women’s doubles te, Miwa Harimoto aru Miyuu Kihara top seeds Satsuki Odo aru Sakura Yokoi upor 3-0 te jitikena agai jai dise, aru Korea Republic laga Shin Yu-bin aru Ryu Hanna Joo Cheonhui aru Miyu Nagasaki upor 3-0 win loi kena next round punchuri dise.