Table Tennis
Asian Cup TT: Sreeja wins; Sharath, Ayhika go down - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from day 1 of the TT Asian Cup in China where six Indian paddlers were in action.
Asian Cup 2025 starts on February 19, 2025 in China.
The TT Asian Cup started on Wednesday in Shenzhen, China where the six Indian players aimed to make their best possible starts.
Senior players like Sreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee, and Yashaswini Ghorpade in women's singles, and Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, and Manav Thakkar in men's singles were in action in their respective opening group stage matches.
As it happened:
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- 19 Feb 2025 12:01 PM GMT
A cross-table backhand forward push from An, ends Harmeet's chances of winning
Game-3: Harmeet Desai (IND) 6-11 An Jaehyun (KOR)
- 19 Feb 2025 11:56 AM GMT
Harmeet misses an easy kill as An takes a slight lead in the game
Game-4: Harmeet Desai (IND) 4-6 An Jaehyun (KOR)
- 19 Feb 2025 11:50 AM GMT
An finds the net as Harmeet pulls back one game in the match
Game-3: Harmeet Desai (IND) 12-10 An Jaehyun (KOR)
- 19 Feb 2025 11:46 AM GMT
Harmeet takes a slight lead in the third game as An's returns go behind the table
Game-3: Harmeet Desai (IND) 5-3 An Jaehyun (KOR)
- 19 Feb 2025 11:41 AM GMT
Harmeet Desai goes down by two games against An
Harmeet Desai (IND) 5-11, 7-11 An Jaehyun (KOR)
- 19 Feb 2025 5:42 AM GMT
Indians in action later today
Harmeet Desai vs An Jaehyun
Manav Thakkar vs Lin Yun-Ju
Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Cheng I-Ching
- 19 Feb 2025 5:40 AM GMT
Ayhika Mukherjee goes down
Ayhika Mukherjee goes down to World No. 20 Shi Xunyao in straight games 8-11, 7-11, 11-13.
- 19 Feb 2025 5:19 AM GMT
Sharath Kamal goes down
India's Achanta Sharath Kamal suffers a straight-game (4-11, 4-11, 8-11) defeat to Liang Jingkun of China in his first group stage encounter.
