Asian Table Tennis C'ships: Manika advances to the round of 16, Sutirtha-Ayhika into quarterfinal - Highlights

Another good two-point lead for Ayhika, can she convert this time

Game 3: Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) 5-3 Mima Ito (JPN)

Ayhika makes a serve error on the game point, and goes behind by two games

Game 2: Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) 10-12 Mima Ito (JPN)

The second game goes into deuce as Ayhika misses a kill shot

Game 2: Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) 10-10 Mima Ito (JPN)

Ayhika has a good start to the second game but loses her advantage

Game 2: Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) 7-8 Mima Ito (JPN)

Ayhika has no answers to the aggressive play of Mima. She drops the opening game

Game 1: Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) 2-11 Mima Ito (JPN)

Up Next: - Women's singles round of 32 matches at 9:30 PM IST

Diya Chitale (IND) vs Chen Xingtong (CHN) at 9:30 PM IST

Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) vs Mima Ito (JPN) at 9:30 PM IST

Manika Batra (IND) vs Cheng Hsein Tzu (TPE) - 9:30 PM IST

Sreeja Akula (ND) vs Kuai Man (CHN) at 10:00 PM IST

Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai also advance to the round of 32

Manav Thakkar showed a brilliant comeback after losing the first two games against Jo Kum Gwang of North Korea to grab a hard-fought five-game (10-12, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5) victory.

On the other hand, Harmeet Desai progressed to the third round of the men's singles category with a much easier four-game (11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 11-2) win over Rashed of Bahrain in the round of 64.

Sharath Kamal suffered a hard-fought defeat in the second round

The veteran Indian player, Sharath Kamal lost his round of 64 match in a tightly contested five-game (11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11) battle against Mohammed Alqassab of Saudi Arabia.

Manush Utpal Shah progresses to the round of 32 with a comfortable win

Manush Utpal Shah registered a commanding straight-game (11-9, 11-6, 11-8) victory against Ahmed Korani of Qatar in the round of 64 clash.

Manika Progress to round of 32, Sutirtha exits

Manika faced a tough challenge against the young Philippines paddler, Kheith Cruz but she survived and won the match in tight four games, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 14-12.

On the other hand, Sutirtha Mukherjee conceded a straight game (8-11, 5-11, 6-11) defeat to the North Korean paddler, Kum Yong Kim.