Indian girls lose 1-3 to Japan in quarterfinals of Asian Table Tennis Championships

Sreeja Akula misplaced twice because the Indian girls’s staff suffered a 1-3 defeat in opposition to top-seeded Japanese within the quarterfinals of the Asian desk tennis Championships right here.

Japan’s world No.19 Hitomi Sato tamed Sreeja Akula 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 within the first match, whereas Archana Kamath went down preventing to Saki Shibata 12-1- 7-11 4-11 12-10 Sept. 11.

Archana took two video games on prolonged factors in opposition to Saki, who’s ranked 42, apart from operating her shut within the fifth.

However, Saki managed to place Japan 2-0 forward.

Sutirtha Mukherjee arrested the slide with a 3-2 (11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 11-8) win over Miyu Nagasaki, giving a scare to the Japanese.

But ultimately, Saki settled the problem in her reverse singles in opposition to Sreeja, successful 8-11, 10-12, 11-2, 11-9, 11-8.

The girls blanked Uzbekistan 3-0 within the second stage of the qualifiers whereas accounting for Nepal and Jordan with related scorelines within the first stage.

The males’s staff beat Iran 3-1 within the quarterfinals on Wednesday to guarantee itself of a maiden medal within the match.

They will tackle South Korea within the semi-finals on Friday.