Indian men triumph, women end campaign with 5th loss on a trot

Bremen, Germany, Apr 27 (UNI) Indian men returned to the winning ways chalking out a facile 3-0 victory over Finland while women lost 0-3 to top seed China, their fifth loss on the trot at the World Team Table Tennis Championship here today.

The Indian trio of Achanta Sharath Kamal, Soumyadeep Roy and Subhajit Saha did not have much difficulty in registering their third victory in four outings in the division II competition.

They had lost to Singapore 2-3 yesterday, after winning the first two encounters against the Unites States and Turkey.

But, for the women paddlers, disappointment continued as they surrendered meekly, without exception, to the mighty Chinese. They will now have to compete in play-offs to retain their place in the elite division.

Results: Women championship division fifth round: India lost to China 0-3 Li Xiao Xia bt Nadita Saha 11-8, 11-8, 11-2 Guo Yan bt Poulomi Ghatak 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 Wang Nan bt Neha Aggarwal 11-1, 11-6, 11-9 Men division II fourth round: India bt Finland 3-0 Sharath Kamal bt Tamminem Timo 11-4, 11-8, 117 Soumyadeep Roy bt Olah Benedek 8-11, 11-0, 11-8, 12-10 Subhajit Saha bt Kontala Mikko 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 UNI XC PDS VC1645