Harmeet Desai gained the decisive fifth rubber to steer Indian males’s group to pre-quarterfinals whereas the ladies’s group strolled into the last-16 stage of the World Table Tennis Team Championships with a straightforward 3-0 victory in Busan, South Korea on Wednesday. The males’s group needed to toil laborious to edge Kazakhstan 3-2 however the girls’s group had a straightforward day trip because it blanked Italy 3-0 to maneuver to the subsequent spherical. The males’s group will now compete towards the highly effective South Koreans whereas the ladies will tackle Chinese-Taipei, afterward Wednesday.

Harmeet misplaced the opening match 2-3 to Kirill Gerassimenko (11th of September, 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8) earlier than senior teammate and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sharath Kamal introduced India on stage phrases with a come-from behind 3-2 victory over Alan Kurmangaliyev.

The age-defying 41-year-old Sharath Kamal dug deep into his reserves after being two video games down to show the tide towards his Kazakh opponent.

Sharath Kamal lastly gained 6-11, 7-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9.

G. Sathiyan then gave India a 2-1 lead after a minor lapse of focus within the second recreation, lastly notching up a straightforward 3-1 victory.

The two-time CWG gold medallist in group occasion, Sathiyan gained the opening recreation 11-6 however misplaced the subsequent recreation tamely 5-11. He recovered from the lapse to win the final two recreation 11-2, 11-7, giving his opponent completely no probability, as his prime spin earned him the utmost factors.

Sharath Kamal although misplaced his second singles match 1-3 to Kirill Gerassimenko (4-11, 11th of September, 11-6, 7-11) as Kazakhstan levelled the scores.

Harmeet didn’t present any indicators of nerves within the decider and gained 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7).

In the ladies’s part, Sreeja Akula defeated Nikoleta Stefanova 12-10, 11-6, 11-8, whereas Manika Batra crushed Giorgia Piccolin 12-10, 11-6, 11-5.

Ayhika Mukherjee sealed the tie with a 15-13, 11-9, 13-15, 11-8 win over Gaia Monfardini.

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