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Rio review table tennis: Ping pong woes

For the first time, four Indian paddlers qualified for the Olympi... Read More
For the first time, four Indian paddlers qualified for the Olympics, but not even the most irrational of optimists was counting on a medal. The biggest disappointment was our top player and world No. 68

Soumyajit Ghosh

's tame defeat at the hands of Padasak Tanviriyavechakul. Sharath Kamal let himself down by playing a tactically poor match against Romanian Adrian Crisan.

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Mouma Das

, on the other hand, was outplayed by a far superior rival."I was tense and a bit overawed by the occasion with so many people screaming for Brazilians playing on adjoining tables," said Mouma.

RESULTS

AS Kamal lost 1-4 (8-11, 12-14, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11) to A Crisan (Romania); S Ghosh lost 1-4 (8-11, 6-11, 14-12, 6-11, 11-13) to P Tanviriyavechakul (Thailand); M Das lost 0-4 (2-11, 7-11, 7-11, 3-11) to D Monteiro Dodean (Romania); M Batra lost 2-4 (12-10, 6-11, 12-14, 11-8, 4-11, 12-14) to Katarzyna Grzybowska-Franc (Poland).

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