Lankan paddlers bow out after Super 8 failure
Sri Lanka paddlers bowed out of the 21st Common wealth Table Tennis Team Championship 2019 at Cuttack, Odisha, India as they finished last in the Super Eight round last week.
The Lankan TT players both men and women started off the tournament on a promising note. The men’s team defeated Cyprus 3-2 and lost to England 3-0 while the women players beat South Africa and went down to host India 3-0 in the preliminary round.
In the Super Eight Lankan women were in group ‘E’ along with Singapore, England and Australia and Group ‘F’ consisted of India, Malaysia, Wales and Nigeria.
Along with India, Malaysia and Wales the Men’s team competed in the Super Eight Group ‘F’ and the Group ‘G’ was competed by Singapore, England, Sri Lanka and Australia.
Sri Lanka Men lost to India 0-3, Malaysia 0-3 and lost to Wales 1-3 while the Women’s team lost to Singapore 0-3, England 0-3 and Australia 0-3 in the Super Eight group matches.
Sri Lanka Men’s and Women’s teams will play for the 7th position against Australia and Wales respectively.
| Super Eight round results | |
| Men: Lost to India 0-3 Krishan Wickremaratne lost to Amalraj Anthony 0-3 (5-11, 6-11, 3-11) Nirmala Jayasinghe lost to Sathiyan Gunasekeran 0-3 (5-11, 3-11, 4-11) Milinda Lakshitha lost to Vikash Thakkar 1-3 (8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 1-11) Lost to Wales 3-1 Rohan Sirisena beat Josuha Stacey 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-7) Krishan Wickremaratne lost to Callum Evens 0-3 (7-11, 13-15, 7-11) Milinda Lakshitha lost to Dean Cundy 2-3 (8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 4-11, 8-11) Rohan Sirisena lost to Callum Evens 1-3 (5-11, 11-2, 6-11, 4-11) Lost to Malaysia 3-0 Rohan Sirisena lost to Rizal Muhamad 0-3 (7-11, 5-11, 6-11) Nirmala Jayasinghe lost to Feng Leong 0-3 (3-11, 7-11, 7-11) Milinda Lakshitha lost to Javen Choong 0-3 (4-11, 7-11, 4-11) Women: Lost to Singapore 3-0 Ishara Madurangi lost to Xin Wong 0-3 (10-12, 3-11, 9-11) Jithara Warnakulasuriya lost to Xuan Goi 0-3 (6-11, 1-11, 6-11) Bimandi Bandara lost to Ling Zhang 1-3 (11-9, 6-11, 2-11, 4-11) Lost to Australia 3-0 Ishara Madurangi lost to Melissa Tapper 0-3 (2-11, 2-11, 6-11) Bimandi Bandara lost to Chunyl Feng 2-3 (7-11, 12-10, 14-12, 7-11, 5-11) Chamathsara Fernando lost to Michelle Bromley 0-3 (6-11, 3-11, 4-11) Lost to England 3-0 Bimandi Bandara lost to Tin Tin Ho 0-3 (6-11, 6-11, 4-11) Ishara Madurangi lost to Demise Payet 0-3 (8-11, 7-11, 8-11) Jithara Warnakulasuriya lost to Emily Bolton 0-3 (3-11, 3-11, 6-11) |