Thursday, May 26, 2022
  • Hyderabad
  • Telangana
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • India
  • World
  • Entertainment
  • Science and Tech
  • Sport
  • Business
  • ...
    • NRI
    • View Point
    • cartoon
    • Columns
    • Reviews
    • Education Today
    • Property
    • Videos
    • Lifestyle
E-Paper
  • NRI
  • View Point
  • cartoon
  • Columns
  • Reviews
  • Education Today
  • Property
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
Home | Other Sports | Table Tennis Sharath Manika Seal Olympic Berth

Table Tennis: Sharath-Manika seal Olympic berth

By PTI
Published: Published Date - 05:35 PM, Sat - 20 March 21
Sharath and Manika had already secured their singles berth on Thursday and will now also compete as a doubles pair at the delayed Tokyo Games

Doha: Star Indian pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra sealed the Olympics berth in mixed doubles table tennis after beating world No. 8 Korean Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jneon 4-2 in the final of Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament here on Saturday.

The 2018 Asian Games bronze medallists staged a remarkable comeback after being two sets down to outwit the Korean pair 8-11 6-11 11-5 11-6 13-11 11-8 in a thrilling final.
Sharath and Manika had already secured their singles berth on Thursday and will now also compete as a doubles pair at the delayed Tokyo Games, to be held from July 23 to August 8 this year.

On Friday, Sharath and Manika had defeated Singapore’s Koen Pang Yew En and Lin Ye 4-2 in the semifinals to get to touching distance of making it to the showpiece.

On Thursday, all the four Indian paddlers Sharath, Manika, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee had earned themselves singles qualification berths at the Tokyo Games.

While Sathiyan and Sutirtha emerged winners in their respective categories of the South Asian Group, Sharath and Manika sealed Tokyo berths by virtue of being the highest-ranked second-placed players.

  • Follow Us :
  • Tags
  • Achanta Sharath Kamal
  • Manika Batra
  • mixed doubles
  • Olympics berth

Related News

  • Diya Chitale clinches U-19 Table Tennis title in Peru

  • TT champ Sreeja felicitated by Telangana Table Tennis Association

  • TN paddler killed in Meghalaya road mishap before national meet

  • Hyderabad: Raju emerges champion of Table Tennis Championships

  • Telangana women bag TT team championship

  • WTT Championships: Manika Batra in doubles, mixed doubles quarters

Latest News

  • Real development in the Telangana’s health sector happened only in TRS rule: Harish Rao

    6 mins ago
  • Telangana, Mastercard join hands to accelerate digitisation in State

    18 mins ago
  • Jaganmohan Reddy stresses on decarbonised economy at WEF

    37 mins ago
  • Watch: Craftsperson community at Nampally reviving near-extinct craft

    12 mins ago
  • ‘I Love Secunderabad’ selfie point installed at Secunderabad Railway Station

    49 mins ago
  • Showers offer reprieve from summer heat in Hyderabad

    49 mins ago
  • Modi calls for liberating Telangana from family-rule, appeasement

    1 hour ago
  • Doctor found dead at lodge in Hyderabad

    1 hour ago

company

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

business

  • Subscribe

telangana today

  • Telangana
  • Hyderabad
  • Latest News
  • Entertainment
  • World
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Science & Tech
  • Sport

follow us

© Copyrights 2022 TELANGANA PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD. All rights reserved. Powered by Veegam