New Delhi: Indian table tennis changing new leaves at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
Achanta Sharath Kamal led the country to his first victory in AsiaId – a bronze medal each in a team of men and then the same on a mixed double event with Manika Batra.
The belief was from three years ago that four Indian Paddlers on flights to Tokyo will be taken to the Olympics, starting July 23.
Marking the appearance of the fourth Olympics in Tokyo, Shararh will lead the TT quartet, which also displays Manika, Sathiyan Gnanaskanan and Sutirtha Mukherjee as three other players.
Does not take anything from what each of them can do on their day, a medal in Single still feels like a long shot.
The biggest expectation is pinned on mixed doubles (shahahh and manika), where only 16 teams will compete.
(From the left, Sharath, Sutirtha, Manika and Sathiyan – Getty Images) “get a medal will be tough, but in mixed doubles, we are only three rounds of medals,” Shahah said during exclusive interactions with the Timesofindia.
com.
Speaking of their last performances, Sharath and Manika beat Pair Sang-Su Lee and Jnee Jneon Worldwide No.
8 in the Asian Olympic emittry final.
The Korean Couple has now moved to No.
6, While Manika and Sharath are ranked 19th in the world ranking for a double mixture.
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left to the Tokyo game.
Speaking with Timesofindia.com, a Delhi-based coach gave Lowdown on Indian opportunities, which he felt in the same qualifying tournament as Sathiyan and Sutirtha confirmed their Olympic debut by adding each group.
Sharath and Manika made Olympic cut by finishing as the second highest player at the event.
“Even though this will be my fourth Olympics, it will be something new because the situation applies to Covid-19.
But at the same time, the ability to understand pressure, stress, and anxiety that appears in the Olympics is something that will be useful at the point -Tho this with the experience I have, “Shahahh, who also won Qatar opened last year to end his long trophy drought, told Timesofindia.com.
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https://t.co/Gly289VII0- Shatuh Kamal Oly (@ ShartathKamal1) 1624029298000BUT was a double medal show at the Asian Games which gave hope in 39 years of making what could be hooray His last at the Olympics was truly memorable.
“The belief I have is most of the past few years, especially from Asian 2018 games when we won two bronze medals.
It is a trust gift, because if you can get a medal at the Asian Games, you can get a medal at the Olympics,” Paddler said Veteran.
The Indian Table Tennis Team has a national camp last month at The Olympics, where Shahahh got the exercise needed with Manika, who agreed to join the camp after he initially decided to pass it and practice at his base at Pune.
“We started with a round of 16, then the quarter-finals and semifinals,” Shahahh said explained the mixed double event.
(Sharath and Manica for 2018 Asian Games – Photo Twitter) “So we are only three matches (winning) from medals, which makes it really realistic and possible.
Of course, it will be very difficult but at the same time.
Is a realistic opportunity that We can get that medal, because we have defeated top players, such as the world No.
6 (team) today from Korea and several other top players in the previous tournament.
“Hopefully we will do it able to go up to that opportunity and give.
“India has never won a table tennis medal at the Olympics.
Will the statistical change in the Tokyo match? If the final answer is yes, it will be the biggest das moment in Indian table tennis.