Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Table Tennis LIVE: Defending champ Manika Batra crashes out — Scores, Updates, Blog

Sanil Shetty has a 3-0 lead in his singles!

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins the second game 11-9!

G. Sathiyan is also in action now against Paul Mccreery!

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran begins his singles action and leads at 9-7 in a tight opening round.

Sanil Shetty is against Derek ABREFA in the men's singles action!

Sanil Shetty makes a good start here and wins the opening game 12-10!

And it's a win for Sharath Kamal in straight games!

Sharath Kamal faces brief challenge from his Aussie opponent but ultimately dominates him to win, 10-12, 8-11, 7-11, 6-11! He is through to the pre-quarters!

Into the third game, Sharath Kamal leads 4-2

Sharath Kamal uses his forehand spin to upset the rhythm of his opponent!

Sharath Kamal takes the momentum and wins the third game, 11-7!

Sharath Kamal has a 2 game advantage!

Sharath Kamal takes the second game, 11-8 and in the third game, the Australian keeps pace with Sharath at 5 ALL

A few unforced errors from Sharath are costing him here.

Sharath Kamal wins the opening game 12-10!

Sharath Kamal is the one to switch momentum and wins the first game 12-10!

Into the second, Sharath keeps good pace in the rallies. But it's pretty close on the board against the Australian!

The Aussie leads 4-2 in the second game.

Sharath Kamal, who won bronze in singles last time, will open his bid now!

Sharath Kamal faces Finn Luu of Australia in the Round of 32 match and it's an incredibly close fight.

Kamal leads 11-10 in this gritty opening game.

This is already Sharath's third match of the day.