India’s table tennis players had a bad outing with the likes of Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra bowing out after suffering defeats in the men’s and women’s singles round of 16 matches here on Thursday.
In the men’s singles, Soumyajit suffered a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of DPR Korea’s Sinhyok Pak. The Indian paddler started on a promising note, comprehensively winning the first game 11-2, but the momentum shifted dramatically after that as the Korean won the next four games 11-7, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8 in a 33-minute match.
In the women’s section, Manika Batra lost to Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 in 28 minutes.
Earlier, in the women’s singles round of 32 match, Batra thrashed Ma Chao In of Macau 4-0 to make the pre-quarterfinals. Batra won 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 in 24 minutes.
However, Ankita Das could not clear the round of 32 hurdle losing to Hong Kong’s Wing Nam Ng 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4 in a match that lasted a little more than half an hour.
