Table Tennis
World Table Tennis Team C'Ships: India women beat Spain 3-2, men takes 3-0 win over New Zealand in final group tie -HIGHLIGHTS
Catch all the highlights Indian men's and women's teams' final group-stage fixtures at the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Manika Batra (Left), Ayhika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula (Right) lead Indian women TT team
Indian men's and women's team played their final group-stage tie against New Zealand and Spain respectively at the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday.
The women team led by Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Ayhika Mukherjee pulls off a great comeback 3-2 victory after trailing 0-2 as Manika and Sreeja lost their respective first matches of the tie.
They hold on to the composure and makes a solid comeback in the tie and booked their place in the knockout round with a second place finish in the group stage behind China.
Whereas, men's team took a comfortable 3-0 win over New Zealand with straight game wins from Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and a close win Manush Shah.
As it happened:
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- 20 Feb 2024 8:58 AM GMT
Manika takes the little advantage in the closing moments
Game-2: Manika 8-5 Zhang
- 20 Feb 2024 8:56 AM GMT
Zhang takes the lead as Manika hits the shot on the top of net
Game-2: Manika 2-3 Zhang
- 20 Feb 2024 8:54 AM GMT
Zhang takes the first game after a forward smash on the wide right of manika
Game-1: Manika 11-13 Zhang
