China, August 20: India’s Sharat Kamal loses his doubles pre-quarter final match in China Open Table Tennis in Suzhou (China).
Sharath and his Swedish partner Par Gerell lost to the German pair of Patrick Baum and Bastian Steger 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-13, 5-11. Sharath had a new partner in Gerell as his usual partner compatriot Subhajit Saha could not play due to injury.
The Indian-Swede pair was very much in contention when the match was tied at 2-2. But they could not match the pace of the Germans and lost the next two games.
Sharath, a world number 39, lost his first round singles match on Thursday to his doubles partner Gerell.
The team will now travel to Zhengding for a month-long training camp ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
—Agencies