India’s A. Sharath Kamal entered the quarterfinals of both men’s doubles and mixed doubles at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open on Thursday.
Sharath partnered Manika Batra to a marathon 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 victory over home hope Adam Szudi and Szandra Pergel.
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Later, Sharath paired up with G. Sathiyan to register yet another hard-fought 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9 win over Japan’s rising stars Shunsuke Togami and Yukiya Uda in men’s doubles.
The results (pre-quarterfinals): Men: Doubles: A. Sharath Kamal & G. Sathiyan bt Shunsuke Togami & Yukiya Uda (Jpn) 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9; Hang Siu Lam & Nam Pak Ng (HK) bt Harmeet Desai & Manav Thakkar 13-11, 11-8, 11-13, 6-11, 11-2.