Table Tennis
ITTF World C'ships: Diya Chitale, Manush Shah win, Sreeja Akula exits in R128 - Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the opening day of the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar
Sreeja Akula in action at the 2025 ITTF World Championships. (Photo Credit: JioCinema)
Indian paddlers were in action at the first round of the 2025 Table Tennis World Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday.
Sreeja Akula, Diya Chitale, and Manush Shah played the singles round of 128 matches, whereas the men's doubles duo of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah were in action in the round of 64.
In women's doubles, both Indian pairs of Diya / Yashaswini Ghodpade and Ayhika Mukherjee / Sutirtha Mukherjee began their campaign in the first round.
As it happened:
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- 17 May 2025 10:46 AM GMT
A full of error-prone game from Sreeja; a first-round exit looming on her
Game 5: Sreeja Akula (IND) 0-5 Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
- 17 May 2025 10:42 AM GMT
Sreeja lost the fourth game as she could not answer any of the aggressive smashes of Suthasini
Game 4: Sreeja Akula (IND) 5-11 Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
- 17 May 2025 10:39 AM GMT
Suthasini takes another good lead in the fourth game with a lucky deflection from the edge of the table
Game-4: Sreeja Akula (IND) 3-6 Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
- 17 May 2025 10:37 AM GMT
Sreeja Akula trails by 1-2 after the three games against a lower-ranked Thai player
After three Games:
Sreeja Akula (IND) 11-9, 8-11, 6-11 Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
- 17 May 2025 10:27 AM GMT
A straight-game win for Manav-Manush to start the campaign
The Indian duo of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah continued their good form this season and easily register a straight-game win over the Slovenian pair of Deni Kozul and Peter Hribar.
Final Score: Manav-Manush (IND) 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6) Hribar-Kozul (SLO)
- 17 May 2025 10:13 AM GMT
Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghodpade advance to the second round
The second Indian women's doubles pair of Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghodpade progressed to the second round of the competition with a 4-game win against Uzbekistan pair.
They had a bad start to the match, losing the opening game closely but then they bounced back and win the final three games to confirm a spot in second round.
Final Score: Diya-Yashaswini 3-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-8) Magdieva-Erkebaeva (UZB)
- 17 May 2025 10:07 AM GMT
First Win of the year for Ayhika-Sutirtha
The Asian medalist duo of Ayhika and Sutirtha ended their six-match losing streak to progress to the next round of the ITTF World Championships.
They didn't have an easy task in the first round, as they were forced to play a five-game thriller by the less experienced Turkish pair of Ozge Yilmaz and Ece Harac.
Final Score: Ayhika-Sutirtha (IND) 3-2 (4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7) Yilmaz-Harac (TUR)
- 17 May 2025 9:54 AM GMT
A brilliant cross-table smash from Ayhika takes the Indian duo to the second round
Game-5: Ayhika-Sutirtha (IND) 11-7 Yilmaz-Harac (TUR)
