Asian Games, Table Tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Harmeet Desai lead India to team events knockouts

The Indian women’s and men’s table tennis teams came up with comprehensive wins on Saturday to secure their spot in the knockout stage of the table tennis team events at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.

Both Indian teams rested their main players as the women beat Nepal 3-0 while the men got the better of Tajikistan by the same scoreline in their respective final group stage matches.

With the wins, both teams finish top of their respective Groups.

The Indian women, led by Manika Batra, on Friday, beat Singapore 3-2 in a tightly contested tie. On Saturday though, Batra, world No 36, was rested.

Diya Chitale opened proceedings and took just 15 minutes to register a 11-1, 11-6, 11-8 win over Sikka Suwal Shrestha, before Ayhika Mukherjee beat Nabita Shrestha 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 in a match that lasted 16 minutes.

In the third match, Sutirtha Mukherjee secured the tie with a 11-1, 11-5, 11-2 win over Evana Magar Thapa in 14 minutes to give India a 3-0 win.

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Sutirtha Mukherjee finishes the tie and secures India's spot in the knockout stage. She beat Evana Magar Thapa 11-1, 11-5, 11-2.

The Indian women's team beat Singapore 3-2 yesterday, and now finish Group F at the top with a 3-0 win over Nepal.… pic.twitter.com/9gwZYeUYz4— The Field (@thefield_in)...

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