Hangzhou Asian Games | Manika Batra progresses to quarterfinals; Sharath, Sathiyan crash out

India's Manika Batra advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, while veterans A Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan were eliminated in the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games table tennis competition. Manika will face China's Yidi Wang in her last chance to win a medal.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarterfinals 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 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.

Sharath had fought back from a two-game disadvantage to make it 3-3, but he could not hold his composure in the final game.

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

India endured a mixed day in the women's doubles event as well.

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee reached the quarterfinals with a 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 victory over Thailand's Jinnipa and Wanwisa.

But Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale were ousted by fifth seeded Japanese Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara 11-3, 11-5, 11-8.