Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian males’s desk tennis workforce enters closing, Achanta Kamal set for tenth CWG medal

With a convincing 3-0 win over Nigeria, India have progressed to the finals of the boys’s desk tennis competitors on Monday.

Kamal is about to win his tenth CWG medal (Courtesy: PTI)

HIGHLIGHTSIndia stormed into the ultimate with a 3-0 win over NigeriaKamal is about to get his tenth CWG medalIndia will face Singapore on 2nd August

Defending Champions India have stormed into the finals of the boys’s desk tennis with a convincing 3-0 win over Nigeria on Monday. This will imply that veteran paddler Achanta Kamal is all set to say his tenth medal on the Commonwealth Games.

The Indian workforce got here into the sport with plenty of confidence after securing a 3-0 win over Bangladesh on Sunday. They began their semi-final encounter with Nigeria on the fitting foot because the duo of Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran secured a snug win within the doubles matchup over Bode Abiodun and Olajide Omotayo. Desai and Gnanasekran secured the win with a scoreline of 11-6, 11-7 and 11-7.

Next was the flip of Kamal, who locked horns with Quadri Aruna within the first singles match. The 40-year-old was pushed to the restrict by Aruna within the first recreation however ended up successful with a rating of 11-9.

However, the Nigerian star bounced again within the second recreation and gained it with a scoreline of 11-7 to place stress again on Kamal forward of the third recreation.

The Indian paddler got here again strongly within the third recreation and defeated Aruna to regain the lead within the contest. He secured it with a scoreline of 11-8.

The fourth recreation, nevertheless, went right down to the wire and was an evenly-matched affair. Despite one of the best efforts of Aruna, finally Kamal was too good for him on the day and secured the win with a scoreline of 15-13 within the fourth recreation. With that, India prolonged the result in 2-0 within the tie.

Gnanasekaran was up subsequent within the second singles match towards Omotayo. The 29-year-old secured the primary recreation 11-9.

However, the Indian paddler was in for a shock within the second recreation as Omotayo breezed previous him to take it by a margin of 11-4.

Gnanasekaran bounced again within the third recreation to regain the lead within the tie with a scoreline of 11-6.

The fourth recreation between the 2 was evenly-matched, with the scores stage at 4-4 at one level. However, the 29-year-old Indian paddler stood agency and took the fourth recreation with a scoreline of 11-8.

India will face Singapore within the closing on 2nd August.

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