<p>Paris: Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal showed resistance but India suffered a 0-3 loss to mighty China in the pre-quarterfinals, which also ended their campaign in the men's table tennis team event at the Paris <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/paris-olympics-2024">Olympics</a> on Tuesday.</p><p>The Indian duo of Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar lost the opening doubles match 2-11 3-11 7-11 to the Chinese pair of the legendary Ma Long and Chuqin Wang.</p> .Gopi, Monika emerge champs.<p>Playing Fan Zhendong in the first singles, Sharath took the first game 11-9 with a superlative display. But the Chinese regrouped to outwit the Indian 11-7 11-7 11-5 in the next three games as India fell 0-2 behind in the tie.</p><p>The 24-year-old Manav then played the second singles but found the going tough against Chuqin, losing 9-11 6-11 9-11.</p><p>On Monday, the Indian women's team comprising Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamat, prevailed over higher-ranked Romania 3-2 in a thrilling tie to enter the quarterfinals.</p>
<p>Paris: Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal showed resistance but India suffered a 0-3 loss to mighty China in the pre-quarterfinals, which also ended their campaign in the men's table tennis team event at the Paris <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/paris-olympics-2024">Olympics</a> on Tuesday.</p><p>The Indian duo of Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar lost the opening doubles match 2-11 3-11 7-11 to the Chinese pair of the legendary Ma Long and Chuqin Wang.</p> .Gopi, Monika emerge champs.<p>Playing Fan Zhendong in the first singles, Sharath took the first game 11-9 with a superlative display. But the Chinese regrouped to outwit the Indian 11-7 11-7 11-5 in the next three games as India fell 0-2 behind in the tie.</p><p>The 24-year-old Manav then played the second singles but found the going tough against Chuqin, losing 9-11 6-11 9-11.</p><p>On Monday, the Indian women's team comprising Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamat, prevailed over higher-ranked Romania 3-2 in a thrilling tie to enter the quarterfinals.</p>