Commonwealth Games 2018: Indian Table Tennis pairs progress to doubles pre-quarters

India's top paddlers, including the duo of Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, comfortably progressed to the round of 16 doubles table tennis competition of the 21st Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia on Wednesday.

Sharath and Sathiyan thrashed Kiribati duo Tauramoa Miita and Nooa Takooa 3-0.

The Indian pair had no problems against their inexperienced opponents, convincing clinching the affair 11-2 11-5 11-6.

Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shankar Shetty defeated Guyana's Shemar Britton and Christopher Franklin 11-6 11-5 11-7 in another men's doubles round of 32 match.

Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Suthirtha Mukherjee got the better of Mauritius's Ruqayyah Kinoo and Sanjana Ramaswamy 11-3 11-4 11-4 in the women's doubles round of 32.

In the mixed doubles events, India won one match and lost another.

The pair of Sharath Achanta and Mouma Das won 11-6, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 against Sri Lanka's Rohan Sirisena and Ishara Madurangi.

 Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Harmeet Desai lost 6-11, 6-11, 11-3, 9-11 to Malaysian pair of Javen Choong and Lyne Karen.

(With PTI Inputs)