Indian table tennis player Sharath Kamal crashes out of Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis- Sharath Kamal vs MA Long: Sharath Kamal has been knocked out of Round 3 by MA Long. Sharath was in great form coming into this match after defeating Portuguese Tiago Apolonia. However, Sharath was defeated in this Round by Rio Olympics gold medalist MA Long: 11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 11-4, and 11-4. Even though Sharath played really well in Games 2 and 3, MA Long- one of the greatest table tennis players gave him no hopes of a comeback against him. MA Long qualifies for the Round of 16 after defeating Sharath Kamal in Round 3 of the Men’s Singles Event.

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.

Kamal was put on the backfoot in Game 1, losing it 7-11 and, and he was left with all to do in the following games. However, Kamal showed his experience and staged a comeback, winning Game 2.

The match kept on going back and forth, and after Game 3, it was Long who managed to take a 2-1 lead. Continuing from where he left off, Long took Game 4 and 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.

On Monday, star paddler Manika Batra bowed out of the women’s singles event after losing her Round 3 match against Austria’s Sofia Polcanova. Sofia Polcanova defeated Batra 4-0.