The Indian women’s team’s campaign at the World Table Tennis Championships ended with a 0-3 pre-quarterfinal loss to Chinese Taipei here on Wednesday. The trio of Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale lost their singles to win the round of 16 match.
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Manika, whose form has been poor throughout the tournament, was no match for world number 22 Chen Soo-yu as the Indian suffered a disappointing 0-3 (7-11, 9-11, 3-11) loss. faced.
With India trailing 0-1, Birmingham Commonwealth Games mixed doubles gold medalist Sreeja could not beat world No. 35 Ching I-Ching and 1-3 (8-11, 11-5 6-11, 9- 11) lost.
Chitale fought hard and came close to giving India their first win in the tie but lost to teenage veteran Liu Hing-yin 2-3 (6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11 7-11) Went.
The Indian team had defeated Czech Republic and Egypt after losing to Germany in the group stage.
The Indian men’s team will take on China in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday. PTI APA PDS PDS
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