Batra in quarters, Sharath-Sathiyan bow out

Manika Batra. Pic/AFP

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarter-finals, but veterans A Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals of the table tennis competition in the Asian Games here on Friday.

In a close contest, Manika defeated Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand 4-2 (11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6) and confirmed her place in the quarter-finals.

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In the men's singles, Sharath fought bravely against Chinese Taipei's Chih-Yuan Chuang, but eventually the latter prevailed 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8.

Earlier, G Sathiyan lost to China's Chiquin Wang 3-11, 3-11, 6-11, 3-11.

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