Sharath Kamal storms into Indian Open semis
June 19th, 2010 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Top Indian paddler Sharath Kamal stormed into the semifinals of the ITTF Indian Open Pro Tour with a 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10 victory over Young Sik Jung of South Korea at the Yamuna Sports Complex here Saturday.
Sharath Kamal will now take on World No. 15 Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany Sunday.
Ning Gao of Singapore defeated Belgian Jean-Michel Saive to set up the other semi-final clash with Hyun Deok Seo of South Korea, who beat Sang Su Lee, also of Korea.
Sharath Kamal’s run, however, was cut short in the men’s doubles as he and Subhajit Saha went down to Sang Su Lee and Seo of South Korea 7-11, 7-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-13, thus ending India’s campaign in all other events.
The Korean pair will now play Ning Gao and Zi Yang of Singapore, who beat Huang Sheng-Sheng and Wu Chih-Chi of Chinese Taipei in the final of the men’s doubles.
In the women’s doubles, I-Ching Cheng and Yi-Hua Huang of Korea will face Li Jiao and Li Jie of the Netherlands in the final on Sunday.
Kenji Matsudaira of Japan defeated Chen Chien An of Taipei 11-4, 14-16, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 to win the under-21 boys singles title. Yu Mengyu of Singapore beat Kasumi Ishikawa to lift the girls’ singles title.
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