: Tokyo 2020, table tennis draw: Sharath Kamal-Manika Batra face third seeds in mixed doubles opener #IndiaNEWS Indian paddlers were handed tough draws for their Tokyo 2020 campaigns that will begin

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Tokyo 2020, table tennis draw: Sharath Kamal-Manika Batra face third seeds in mixed doubles opener #IndiaNEWS
Indian paddlers were handed tough draws for their Tokyo 2020 campaigns that will begin with the mixed doubles on Saturday. Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal, who had qualified for the Olympics in spectacular style by beating the Korean top seeds Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon in the Asian qualifiers, have been drawn to face third seeds Lin Yun-ju vs Cheng I-ching from Chinese Taipei in the round of 16. The Taipei pair are world No 1 as per the ITTF rankings. Incidentally, should they win that match, the Indians will likely face the same Korean pair (world No 6) they defeated in Doha next up. By virtue of their seedings, Sharath Kamal (20) and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (26) received first-round byes in men’s singles. Brian Afanador (world No 90) or Lam Siu Hang (world No 95) awaits Sathiyan in the second round while Tiago Apolonia (world No 59) or Olajide Omotayo (world No 94) will face Sharath in round two. However, the Indian stars have been handed massive challenges should they prevail in their first matches. Sathiyan will face Japanese sensation Tomokazu Harimoto (3) while Sharath has the unenviable task of going up against Ma Long (2), the defending singles champion. In women’s singles, Batra...Read more

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