NEW DELHI: The Indian males‘s and girls’s groups on Wednesday confronted defeats within the pre-quarterfinals of the World Desk Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea. The ladies’s group, led by Manika Batra, misplaced 1-3 to Chinese language Taipei, whereas the lads’s group was defeated 0-3 by South Korea for the second time within the competitors.
Regardless of these losses, the Indian groups are more likely to safe berths on the Paris Olympics based mostly on their world rankings.The ultimate affirmation can be introduced on March 5 after contemplating the factors earned from the World Championships.
The occasion provided Olympic quotas to the quarter-finalists however the women and men from India are more likely to make the reduce via their world rankings.
“In all chance, the women and men have certified for the Olympics however we should wait until March for an official announcement,” stated a Desk Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) official.
Within the ladies’s pre-quarterfinal match, Manika Batra gained her singles match towards Taipei’s Chen Szu-Yu, however her teammates Sreeja Akula and Ayhika Mukherjee could not safe victories of their respective matches.
Equally, the Indian males’s group could not overcome the energy of the Korean group, with Harmeet Desai, Sharath Kamal, and G Sathiyan dealing with defeats of their singles matches.
Earlier within the event, Harmeet Desai’s essential win towards Kazakhstan helped the Indian males’s group attain the pre-quarterfinals, whereas the ladies’s group comfortably superior to the last-16 stage with a 3-0 victory over Italy.
Regardless of the setbacks within the pre-quarterfinals, the performances of each Indian groups within the World Desk Tennis Championships have probably secured their spots on the Paris Olympics, pending the official announcement in March.
(With PTI inputs)