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Indian women edge Australia, reach Commonwealth TT semis
India's women's table tennis team beat Australia 3-2 to enter the Commonwealth Championships semifinals in New Delhi on Tuesday. Yashaswini Ghorpade won the deciding rubber against Min Hyung Jee after losing her…
The Story in Brief
India's women's table tennis team beat Australia 3-2 to enter the Commonwealth Championships semifinals in New Delhi on Tuesday. Yashaswini Ghorpade won the deciding rubber against Min Hyung Jee after losing her opening match to Yangzi Liu. Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee edged Constantina Psihogios 13-11 in the fifth game to keep India alive. The men's team defeated Australia 3-0, with Manav Thakkar playing through a cut forehead. G Sathiyan withdrew from men's singles due to a packed schedule but will compete in doubles.
Separately, the Indian men's squash team beat England 2-1 to reach the World Junior Championships semifinals in Ontario. The women's team lost 1-2 to the USA, despite Anahat Singh winning her match.
The Indian Opinion
The media loves a 'gutsy India' narrative, but the women's team nearly lost despite being top seed. Yashaswini Ghorpade's recovery after a singles defeat is genuine steel, but one comeback does not erase the fragility shown against Australia's Yangzi Liu. The real test arrives in the semifinals: convert individual grit into a clinical team win, or be remembered as the squad that scraped past.
Sources (3): thehindu.com, thehindu.com (2), thehindu.com (3)
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
