New Delhi: The Indian paddlers, both in men and women's sections, made it to the second stage of the World Table Tennis Championships, in Dortmund, on Wednesday.
According to a media release sent by TTFI, men's team, comprising of Sharath Kamal, Amal Raj, Soumyajit Ghosh, Sanil Shetty and Soumyadeep Roy, placed in group E second division, progressed after beating Finland, Nigeria, Canada with identical 3-0 margins in thoir respective matches, while losing to Romania 1-3.
They have a match against Norway left but it is confirmed that men's team will play for positions 25-32.
Similarly, the Indian women's team, comprising of Poulami Ghatak, Mouma Das, K Shamini, Ankita Das and Mousumi Paul, will play in positional matches between 25 and 32.
The women paddlers first began with a 1-3 loss against Israel, and then beat England 3-2 in a thrilling match. They, however, lost their third match against Italy 1-3 before regrouping themselves to beat Estonia 3-0 and finally Nigeria 3-0. Thus they finished second to qualify for the second stage.
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