Commonwealth Games 2022 Table Tennis Day 1 LIVE: Men's and women's team enter quarters — Scores, Results, Updates, Blog
A packed day for the Indian table tennis team as both the men's and women's team will begin their campaign at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. Follow LIVE.
G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai (Source: ITTF World)
Having put on a spectacular show at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the Indian table tennis contingent will be looking to recreate their heroics from the previous edition at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 as they began their team matches today.
There will be four team matches today - two each for men's and women's.
The Indian women's team took on South Africa and registered a solid 3-0 victory. Up against Fiji Islands, the women's team did a clean sweep 3-0 to enter the quarterfinals!
The Indian men's team also took on Barbados and dominated them 3-0. Up against Singapore, the men faced stiffer competition but won 3-0 to storm into quarters!
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Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins the third match 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 and India wins their second group tie of the day 3-0!
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wraps up the first game in no time, with powerful attacks, 11-7!
There was some pressure but Sharath Kamal managed to retain his cool and wins the match and gives India a 2-0 lead, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9!
Sharath Kamal comes back from behind to win the second game, 11-9! Let's go!!