<p> Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams made a comfortable start at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, defeating Vanuatu and Barbados respectively at the Scotstoun Sports Campus here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The women’s team, surprise silver-medallists in Delhi four years ago, blanked Barbados 3-0 courtesy a clinical performance by Shamini Kumaresan, Manika Batra and Madhurika Patkar.Shamini got the better of Sherric Felix 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 in the opening singles before Manika made it 2-0 beating Anthonette Riley 11-2, 11-5, 11-2.<br /><br />Shamini then teamed up with Madhurika for the doubles rubber, taking place for the first time at the Games.<br /><br />They completed the team’s first win of the competition getting past Krystle Harvey and Riley 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3. <br /><br />India’s top player Sharath Kamal was rested for men’s team opener against Vanuatu.Harmeet Desai won the first singles against Ham Lulu 11-2, 11-3, 11-5. Southpaw Sanil Shetty then defeated Yoshua Shing 11-6, 11-2, 7-11, 11-1.<br /><br />Shetty and Anthony Amalraj paired up for the doubles to give India a 3-0 win. They beat Alan Lin and Shing 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams made a comfortable start at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, defeating Vanuatu and Barbados respectively at the Scotstoun Sports Campus here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The women’s team, surprise silver-medallists in Delhi four years ago, blanked Barbados 3-0 courtesy a clinical performance by Shamini Kumaresan, Manika Batra and Madhurika Patkar.Shamini got the better of Sherric Felix 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 in the opening singles before Manika made it 2-0 beating Anthonette Riley 11-2, 11-5, 11-2.<br /><br />Shamini then teamed up with Madhurika for the doubles rubber, taking place for the first time at the Games.<br /><br />They completed the team’s first win of the competition getting past Krystle Harvey and Riley 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3. <br /><br />India’s top player Sharath Kamal was rested for men’s team opener against Vanuatu.Harmeet Desai won the first singles against Ham Lulu 11-2, 11-3, 11-5. Southpaw Sanil Shetty then defeated Yoshua Shing 11-6, 11-2, 7-11, 11-1.<br /><br />Shetty and Anthony Amalraj paired up for the doubles to give India a 3-0 win. They beat Alan Lin and Shing 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.<br /><br /></p>