India paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal on Tuesday bowed out of the men’s singles event after losing his Round 3 match against current world champion Ma Long here at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym — Table 1 in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
Ma Long defeated Kamal 4-1 in a match that lasted for 46 minutes.
Paddler Sharath Kamal, shuttlers Chirag/Satwik crash out in Tokyo Olympics. . Indian hockey team and Sharath Kamal in focus after Manu Bhaker/Saurabh Chaudhary finish seventh, missing medal events.
In a morale-boosting news for hockey fans, the men in blue gave a superb performance on Tuesday as they beat Spain 3-0.
Even though shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won on Tuesday. They finished third in Group A, failing to make it to quarters.
The 39-year-old Achanta Sharath Kamal ended India’s table tennis campaign, going down in third round to reigning champion Ma Long.
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However, team India will be hoping to increase their medal tally on Day 4. Starting on a bright note, Indian shooters Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary topped their mixed team air pistol qualification Stage 1 but finished 7th in Stage 2 to miss medal events.
The bad day for Indian shooting continued as Divyansh/Elavenil and Anjum/Deepak failed to make it to rifle final.
Kamal was put on the backfoot in Game 1, losing it 7-11 and, and he was left with all to do in following games.
However, Kamal showed his experience and staged a comeback, winning Game 2. The match kept on going back and forth, after Game 3, it was Long who managed to take 2-1 lead.
Thus, Continuing from where he left off, Long took Game 4, he was just minutes away from winning the match. Kamal was not able to make a comeback and he ended up losing the match within minutes.