Indian eves qualify for main draw in World TT Championships

02 March, Kuala Lumpur

India’s women team has advanced to the main draw of the World Table Tennis Team Championships.

They did so in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday, after thrashing Croatia 3-0 in the Second Division last group match. Manika Batra, Mouma Das and K Shamini won their respective matches and helped the team top group G. Yesterday, in the late evening match, the women’s team got a walkover from Nigeria.

Indian men’s team, after the third round reverse against Nigeria, beat Switzerland 3-0 in a late evening match yesterday. The men’s team is scheduled to play Slovak Republic to complete their group F engagements and the results of which will decide their fate.

The Nigerians are leading the points table with eight points while the Indians are just behind them with seven points.