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However, the 14th-seeded Indian pair of Sutirtha and Ayhika suffered a straight-game defeat to a lower-ranked German duo.
Ghorpade-Chitale duo in action (X)
Indian women’s doubles pair of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale advanced to pre-quarterfinals, but their compatriots Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee were knocked out of the World Table Tennis Championships, here on Monday.
Chitale and Ghorpade rallied from a game down to beat the Singaporean duo of Zeng Jian and Ser Lin Qian 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 in their round-of-32 clash.
However, the 14th-seeded Indian pair of Sutirtha and Ayhika suffered a straight-game defeat to the lower-ranked German duo of Annett Kaufmann and Xiaona Shan, losing 1-11, 11-13, 7-11 in just 23 minutes.
India’s mixed doubles campaign also came to an end with Chitale and Manush Shah losing 0-3 (8-11, 9-11, 2-11) to the Korean pair of Oh Junsung and Kim Nayeong.
It turned out to be a disappointing day for Shah, who endured a hat-trick of defeats.
After the mixed doubles loss, he was ousted from the men’s singles event by sixth seed Felix Lebrun of France, going down 0-4 (5-11, 6-11, 6-11, 9-11) in the second round.
Later, Shah also exited the men’s doubles competition. Partnering Manav Thakkar, the eighth-seeded Indian duo lost tamely 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 5-11 to the unseeded German pair of Benedikt Duda and Dang Qiu.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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