India’s glimmer of hope for a table tennis medal at the Tokyo Olympics vanished in no time with Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra losing to third seeds from Chinese Taipei, Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching, in the mixed doubles round of 16 here on Saturday.
The Indians had to make all chances count against a superior opponent but they couldn’t do so after leading 5-1 and 5-3 in the first two games. In the end, it was a comfortable 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 win for the Chinese Taipei pairing.
Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra-Sharath Kamal pair ousted in table tennis mixed doubles Round of 16
Manika Batra up against player with TT in her name
Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra/Sharath Kamal gets knocked out of Mixed Doubles in Table Tennis
Tokyo Olympics, Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra Suffer Defeat in Mixed Doubles Round of 16
