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  Commonwealth TT: Host India make flying start
17 Jul 2019 CUTTACK
 

Hosts and firm favourites India got off to a flying start in team events of the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships with their women and men posting back-to-back wins in respective preliminary groups and advancing to the quarterfinals on the opening day here at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium today.

Indian men, the defending champions, blanked both Scotland and Singapore by 3-0 identical margin in Group B, while Indian women did the same against Sri Lanka and South Africa also in Group B. Malaysia women caused an upset by getting the better of Australia 3-1.
 

The six-day championship, featuring 12 nations, was formally declared open by Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal. The opening ceremony was also graced by Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera, Sports Department Commisioner-cum-Secretary Vishal Kumar Dev, TTFI Secretary General M P Singh,
OSTTA President L N Gupta, TTFI Working President Prem Chand Verma, CTTF Chairman Sir Alan Ransome, and OSTTA Senior Vice-president Sanjay Singh.

Government of Odisha is organizing the championship with the support of Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) and the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). The 12 participating countries are: Australia, Bangladesh, Cyprus, England, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Scotland, South Africa, Singapore and Wales. The tournament is being telecast live by Doordharshan.

RESULTS (Team championships/Preliminary):

Women: Group A: Singapore bt Scotland 3-0; Singapore bt Wales 3-0.
Group B: India bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Manika Batra bt Bimandi Bandara 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Archana Kamath bt Ishara Madurangi 11-5, 11-5, 12-10; Ayhika Mukherjee bt Chamathsara Fernando 11-3, 11-3, 8-11, 11-4). India bt South Africa 3-0 (Archana Kamath bt Danisha Patel 11-6, 11-2, 11-2; Madhurika Patkar bt Palesa Mtshoelibe 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Simeen Mookrey 11-1, 11-4, 11-4). Group C: Australia bt Cyprus 3-0; Malaysia bt Australia 3-1. Group D: Nigeria bt Bangladesh 3-0; England bt Nigeria 3-1.

Men: Group A: England bt Cyprus 3-0; England bt Sri Lanka 3-0. Group B: India bt Scotland 3-0 (G. Sathiyan bt Niall Cameron 11-4, 11-7, 11-8; A Sharath Kamal bt Colin Dalgleish 11-2, 11-6, 11-9; Harmeet Desai bt Dylan Curry 11-2, 11-6, 11-1). India bt Singapore 3-0 (G Sathiyan bt Yu En Koen Pang 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; A Sharath Kamal bt Zheyu Clarence Chew 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9; Harmeet Desai bt Shao Han Josh 11-4, 11-7, 11-6). Group C: Nigeria bt Bangladesh 3-0. Group D: Australia bt Wales 3-0; Australia bt South Africa 3-0.
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TOP: Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal inaugurates the championship in Cuttack on 17 July, 2019.
RIGHT: Inside view of the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on the opening day of the 21st Commonwealth Championship 2019.
 
   
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