India women bt Uzbeks 3-0; men lose to S Korea

Archana Kamath

Indian women's team eased past Uzbekistan while the men endured successive defeats with the loss to South Korea in the World Table Tennis Team Championships here on Monday.

Ayhika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula were rested from the rubber, providing an opportunity to Archana Kamath and Diya Chitale.

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They both won their respective singles while senior teammate Manika Batra also had it easy against her opponent to make it a 3-0 win for India.

The men's team of veteran Sharath Kamal, reigning national champion Harmeet Desai and G Sathiyan lost their respective singles to go down meekly in its third group stage tie against third seeds Korea.

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