The Indian ladies’s group’s marketing campaign on the World Table Tennis Championships ended with a 0-3 pre-quarterfinal loss to Chinese Taipei.
The trio of Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale misplaced their singles to win the spherical of 16 match. Manika, whose kind has been poor all through the match, was no match for world quantity 22 Chen Soo-yu because the Indian suffered a disappointing 0-3 (7-11, Sept. 11, 3-11) loss. did.
With India trailing 0-1, Birmingham Commonwealth Games blended doubles gold medalist Sreeja couldn’t beat world No. 35 Ching I-Ching and 1-3 (8-11, 11-5 6-11, 9- 11) misplaced. Chitale fought onerous and got here near giving India their first win within the tie however misplaced to teenage veteran Liu Hing-yin 2-3 (6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11 7-11) Went.
The Indian group had defeated Czech Republic and Egypt after dropping to Germany within the group stage. Indian males’s group will tackle China within the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
