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Busan, 16 February (HS). The Indian women's team, after a stellar performance in its opening match, lost 2-3 to China in the preliminary round Group 1 of the World Team Table Tennis Championship Final 2024 here on Friday. In the World Team Table Tennis Championships finals, each tie consists of a maximum of five singles matches. The first team to win three matches wins the tie.
Ayihika Mukherjee, who won a bronze medal in doubles at the Asian Games last year, defeated world No. 1 and Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Sun Yingsha 3-1 (12-10, 2-11, 13-11, 11-6) to help India Gave a strong start to. ,
World number 36 India's top singles player Manika Batra lost to world number four Wang Manyu 1-3 (3-11, 8-11, 15-13, 7-11) in the second match of the tie. China equalized at 1-1.
In the third match, Sreeja Akula again took the lead for India as she defeated world number two Wang Yidi 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 13-11).
However, the defending Olympic champions, China, won the final two matches to clinch the tie. Sun Yingsha leveled the score at 2-2 with a hard-fought 3-1 (11-3, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9) win over Manika in four games and then Wang Manyu beat Manika 3-0. (11-9, 13-11, 11-6) and gave China a 3-2 victory.
Indian women will play their next match against Hungary on Sunday.
The World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals offer up to eight Paris 2024 Olympic team quotas in each of the two events. These will go to the countries that reach the quarter-finals in Busan and have not previously won a team quota. The Indian men's team, led by Commonwealth Games champion Sharath Kamal, will begin its campaign against Chile on Saturday.
The Indian men's and women's table tennis teams are yet to receive quotas for the Paris Olympics.