Sharath, Manika seal Olympic berth in blended doubles after successful Asian Qualification occasion

Star Indian pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra sealed the Olympics berth in blended doubles desk tennis after beating world No. 8 Korean Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jneon 4-2 within the last of Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament right here on Saturday.
The 2018 Asian Games bronze medallists staged a exceptional comeback after being two units right down to outwit the Korean pair 8-11 6-11 11-5 11-6 13-11 11-8 in an exciting last.
Sharath and Manika had already secured their singles berth on Thursday and can now additionally compete as a doubles pair on the delayed Tokyo Games, to be held from July 23 to August 8 this 12 months.
On Friday, Sharath and Manika had defeated Singapore’s Koen Pang Yew En and Lin Ye 4-2 within the semifinals to get to touching distance of constructing it to the showpiece.
On Thursday, all of the 4 Indian paddlers Sharath, Manika, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee had earned themselves singles qualification berths on the Tokyo Games.
While Sathiyan and Sutirtha emerged winners of their respective classes of the South Asian Group, Sharath and Manika sealed Tokyo berths by advantage of being the highest-ranked second-placed gamers.