In the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, the Indian men’s and women’s teams won their opening-round matches.
The 22nd Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships began in Delhi on Monday. In it, the Indian men’s team defeated Zimbabwe 3-0 in its first match, and the Indian women’s team beat the Maldives by the same score.
In the men’s team event, Manav Thakkar first defeated Tenda Mavhunga 11-3, 11-2, 11-6. Next, Harmeet Desai beat Tapiva Musarurwa 11-5, 11-4, 11-5. In the final match, Payas Jain defeated Vikram Singh 11-3, 11-3, 11-8.
In the other matches of the men’s division, Malaysia beat Wales 3-0, while England defeated Cyprus (3-0) and New Zealand defeated the Falkland Islands (3-0).
Canada defeated Scotland (3-0), and Singapore beat Northern Ireland (3-0). Since Jamaica and South Africa did not take the field, Australia and Namibia, whom they were scheduled to face, were awarded walkovers (3-0).
In the women’s division, in India’s match against the Maldives, Sudhirtha Mukherjee first defeated Fathima Ali 11-4, 11-2, 11-5, while Yashaswini Gorpade beat Ayshath Rafaa 11-2, 11-5, 11-7. Finally, Swastika Ghosh defeated Mishka Mohamed 11-3, 11-5, 11-2.
In other matches, Singapore defeated Sri Lanka (3-2), while Ireland beat South Africa (3-2). Australia and Bangladesh, and England and Cyprus, won comprehensively by 3-0. Malaysia overcame Scotland, and Botswana, which was scheduled to face Canada, gave a walkover.
