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CWG 2022: Triple Delight for Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra Out Of Singles

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Ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal put up a sensational show to progress to the semifinals of two events and the quarter-final of one event events in the table tennis competition of the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

The record nine-time national champion, who has as many as 10 CWG medals to his name, entered the men's singles quarter-finals after beating Nigeria's Olajide Omotayo 4-2 in a thrilling contest.

Sharath, 40, also reached the semifinals of mixed and men's doubles competition along with his respective partners. He first paired up with young Sreeja Akula to stun two-time silver medallists Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho of England 3-2 (11-7 8-11 11-8 11-13 11-9) in mixed doubles quarters and then combined with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to beat another English pair of Tom Jarvis and Sam Walker 3-0 (11-6 11-8 11-4) in men's doubles event.

Sreeja too dished out superlative performances to progress to the women's singles semifinals to go with her mixed doubles performance.

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It was expected that Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and the formidable pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy would end up on top of the podium but what provided the icing on the cake was the 40-year-old Sharath Kamal's gold medal-winning show against an equally good opponent in Liam Pitchford.
England’s Liam Pitchford had to settle for silver as he lost to India’s Sharath Kamal Achanta in the men’s singles table tennis final at the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games by winning the men's singles gold here on Monday. After losing the first game that he should have closed, Sharath beat a much younger yet experienced Liam Pitchford of England 11-13, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 at the NEC arena. Sharath, who had first won the singles gold back in 2006, had already claimed two golds here in the team and mixed doubles event alongside Sreeja Akula. With this yellow metal, he increased his tally to a staggering 13 medals across five CWG appearances.
Commonwealth Games singles medal as he won bronze, beating home-favourite Paul Drinkhall 4-3 in front of a packed crowd here. Sathiyan avenged his men's doubles final loss against Drinkhall and triumphed 11-9, 11-3, 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 10-12 and 11-9.
Just like the 2018 Gold Coast Games, their nemesis at the final hurdle were once again Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford. In a scintillating clash, the Englishmen emerged victors 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 11-4 to clinch back-to-back men's doubles CWG gold.

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