Sharath Kamal dominated his Italian opponent to clinch a 2-1 (11-6, 11-10, 6-11) verdict although Bobocica did well to take a valuable point off the veteran Indian star.
Friday’s action will see the return of double headers, with Dabang Delhi TTC’s bout against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis following up the earlier clash.
Archana, 24, was the only paddler to have won a game against the much higher-ranked Xiaona Shan in the quarterfinal that India eventually lost 1-3 against Germany to bow out of the Paris Olympics.
Sreeja Akula has created history by becoming the first ever Indian paddler to win a WTT Contender Singles title as she beat Chinese player Ding Yijie 4-1in the final.
India's top-ranked male paddler Harmeet Desai and Reeth Rishya T produced scintillating performances as Goa Challengers beat U Mumba TT 9-6, ending their unbeaten run in the Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi, here on Wednesday.
Indian table tennis player G Sathiyan clinched the gold medal after defeating Japans Kazuhiro Yoshimura 4-2 (11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 6-11,…
India leapfrogged 11 places from 26 in the team rankings two years back to 15 now.
Sutirtha and Pooja lost in the women's doubles semifinals at the Seamaster 2017 Australian Open.
China's top paddlers said they were too heartbroken to play after the removal of head coach Liu Guoliang.
The dream run of Manika and Mouma in the World Table Tennis Championships came to an end.
