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Harmeet Desai, Manika Batra off to winning start as Indian paddlers return to action with WTT Contender Doha

By ANI | Published: March 01, 2021 11:11 PM

Indian table tennis icons Manika Batra and Harmeet Desai started the 2021 season on a winning note as they earned straight-set victories in their respective qualifying round-2 matches at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Doha on Monday.

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Indian table tennis icons Mka Batra and Harmeet Desai started the 2021 season on a winning note as they earned straight-set victories in their respective qualifying round-2 matches at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Doha on Monday.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Batra registered a 12-10, 14-12, 11-8 victory against her Spsh opponent Sofia-Xuan Zhang in the women's singles while World No. 73 Desai notched up an easy 11-5, 12-10, 11-6 win against compatriot Anthony Amalraj to progress into the third round of men's singles qualifiers.

Meanwhile, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Mudit D and Diya Chitale suffered defeats in their respective singles qualifying round matches.

Two-time national champion Mukherjee failed to get the better of Ukraine's Tetyana Bilenko 5-11, 3-11, 12-10, 9-11 while D, who is ranked 200, was up against World No. 85 Olah Benedek. He grabbed one game against his relatively higher-ranked Finnish opponent before going down 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11.

Chitale started off well against Roma's Irina Ciobanu with a game lead. However she couldn't capitalize on the momentum and lost the match 11-8, 9-11, 3-11, 8-11 against the World No. 98.

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran have received direct entries into the men's singles main draw while 10 other Indians are playing in the qualifiers at the WTT Contender Doha.

The tournament, which kicks off the 2021 season, is also the first international tournament Indian players are participating in after the lockdown.

( With inputs from ANI )

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