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The Hindu
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
World Championships
DOHA The women's doubles pair of Yasashwini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale are the last Indians standing as the rest bowed out of the World table tennis championships in Doha on Tuesday. The Indians will meet the fourth-seeded Japanese duo of Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara in the pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday. In singles, Manav Thakkar, Manika Batra and Diya Chitale lost. While Manav & Diya lost to higher ranked opponents — Manav to fourth seed Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan and Diya to 10th seed Cheng I-Ching Ching of Taipei — Manika went down to 130th ranked Park Gahyeon of Korea in four straight games. The results (second round): Singles: Men: Tomokazu Harimoto (Jpn) bt Manav Thakkar 13-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3. Women: Park Gahyeon (Kor) bt Manika Batra 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; Cheng I-Ching (Tpe) bt Diya Chitale 11-3, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5.
The Hindu
18-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Manav and Manika win; Ankur loses
Manav Thakkar and Manika Batra scripted wins in the men's and women's singles first round of the World table tennis championships in Doha on Sunday. Manav, India's top-ranked male paddler, outlasted New Zealand's Timothy Choi 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12. Manika beat Fatimo Bello of Nigeria 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2 to progress to the second round. The results (first round): Men: Singles: Manav Thakkar bt Timothy Choi (Nzl) 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12; Lam Siu Hang (Hkg) bt Ankur Bhattacharjee 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8; Doubles: Maciej Kolodziejczyk (Aut) & Vladislav Ursu (Mda) bt Harmeet Desai & G. Sathiyan 11-9, 10-12, 16-14, 12-10. Women: Singles: Manika Batra bt Fatimo Bello (Ngr) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2. Mixed doubles: Manush Shah & Diya Chitale bt Mehdi Bouloussa & Malissa Nasri (Alg) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6; Thibault Poret & Leana Hochart (Fra) bt Harmeet Desai & Yasashwini Ghorpade 8-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 12-10.
