Tokyo: Indian Paddlers on Wednesday handed the date of the date at the Tokyo Olympics with a mixed doubles pair Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra were pitted against third seed Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
BATRA, ranked 62, although it gets the first round of a woman who is easy where she will face British Kerit Tin Tin, rank 32 places under India.
Indians, should he win the opening round, will lock the horn with the next margarya pesotseka Ukraine.
Sharath and Manica have sealed Olympic beds in mixed doubles after beating eight numbers of Korea Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jneon in the final of the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in March.
Before leaving for Tokyo, the duo could practice for only three days in the National Camp before the Batra returned to the training base at Pune.
In the men’s lottery, Shahahih and Sathiyan Gnanaspan was seeded 20 and 26, accepting the first round byes.
Their opponents for the second round will depend on the winner of the first round match.
However, the situation would not be easy for the duo because Sharath was scheduled to meet the old Chinese Olympic Champion, the second seed, in the third round, should Indians win the second round match.
Paddler Veteran is scheduled to face Portugal’s Tiago Apolónia or Nigeria Olandide Omotayo in the second round on Monday.
Sathiyan, on the other hand, will meet Puerto Rico Brian Afanador or Lam Siu Hong Kong hung in the second round match on Sunday.
The 28-year-old child will experience a Japanese teen sensation Tomokazu Harimoto, third seed, in the third round if Sathiyan won the second round match.
But Indians will head to the full trust after defeating Tomokazu at the Asian championship even though the Rubber Lose Team in 2019.
Other Women’s Single Paddler in Medan, Sutirtha Mukherjee will take Linda Bergstrom from Sweden in the first round.
If Suthirtha won his opening match, he will face Yu Fu Portugal in the second round.
Tokyo Olympics: Indian Paddlers handed over a difficult lottery
