Sharath Kamal News
The 42-year-old Sharath Kamal showed some fight but wild card Suravajjula prevailed in three straight sets - 11-9, 11-8, 11-9.
Sharath, playing in his farewell event, led three more Indians into the Round of 16 after Manav Thakkar and Snehit Suravajjula progressed in men’s singles while Krittwika Roy advanced in women’s singles.
More than 100 athletes have qualified for the Paris Games, starting July 26.
Mary Kom will be the chef de mission for the Summer Games, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced. Gagan Narang has been appointed to head the shooting village operations.
Apart from singles and men's doubles, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will compete in mixed doubles alongside Manika Batra
Apart from these three, Triple jumper Eldhose Paul and steeplechaser Avinash Sable were also conferred with the Arjuna Award.
Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable, Lakshya Sen, and Nikhat Zareen, who won medals at the Commonwealth Games, are among the athletes on the ministry's list of recipients of the Arjuna Award.
Sharath Kamal and boxer Nikhat Zareen have been selected as India's flag-bearers for the CWG closing ceremony
Indian players have shown great performance in the Commonwealth Games. Sharath Kamal has won the 22nd gold for India in the Commonwealth Games table tennis.
Despite the 61 medals won by India at CWG 2022, the critics are pointing towards the 2018 Gold Coast medals tally where India won 66 medals. There were 26 gold in that edition, compared to 22 this time. But there is a lot that goes missing when such comparisons are made.
Sharath Kamal won gold medal for India in the Men's Singles category at the CWG 2022 in Birmingham
Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan won silver for India in the Men's Doubles category
Earlier, Sharath defeated Russia's Kirill Skachkov to enter men's singles final. The ace Indian paddler won the thrilling seven set semi-finals that lasted for one hour and eight minutes.
The 23-year-old from the national capital has climbed four places to reach the 47th spot in the latest rankings released on Wednesday.
Manika also reached her career-best ranking of 52 in 2018 and became India's highest ranked female player.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran also made it to the round of 16 but it was curtains for Mouma Das in women's singles.
The Indian pair of A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra progressed to the table tennis mixed doubles semifinals, beating North Korea 3-2 to be assured of a medal at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday.
Manika was the star of India's successful Commonwealth Games campaign with four medals including double gold in team event and women's singles.
India's top paddler Sharath Kamal on Wednesday survived a mighty scare against world no. 488 Javen Choong of Malyaisa, scraping through 4-3 in the men's singles round of 32 at the Commonwealth Games.
The ever-reliable Jitu Rai's pistol shot down a gold and a Games record, while the mixed badminton and men's table tennis sides also picked up milestone top finishes as India shone through in both the individual and team events on a splendid day 5 of the 21st Commonwealth Games.
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