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Indian men’s & women’s teams advance to second stage

Indian men’s & women’s teams advance to second stage

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Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams reached the knockout stage of the 2026 ITTF World Team Championships in London, England, on Thursday. India women beat Rwanda, and the men defeated Guatemala in their final group ties, and with three straight wins, both teams topped their groups. They will now move to their respective 32-team knockout stage, starting on May 4th, which will determine the world team champions in both disciplines. #News | Indian men’s and women’s teams reach the knockout stage of ITTF World Team Championships. Both teams bag three wins from the three ties to top their respective groups. Matchday-3 score:India Women bt. 3-0 RwandaIndia Men bt 3-0 Guatemala#TableTennis #ITTFWorld pic.twitter.com/A5BWKAoXnq — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) April 30, 2026 India used their bench strength in the final tie against a comparatively easier opponent and gave debuts to youngsters like Payas Jain and Syndrela Das. In the men’s tie, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran played the first singles and registered a straight-game victory over a much lower-ranked Segio Carrillo. Then, the India no.1 Manav Thakkar and the Payas …

Indian men and women teams secure close wins in second ties

Indian men and women teams secure close wins in second ties

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Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams secure close wins in their respective second group ties at the ITTF World Team C’ships in London, England, on Wednesday. The Indian men’s team came from behind to beat Slovakia 3-2, while the women’s team survived a scare to edge past Ukraine 3-2 and remained unbeaten in the tournament. The women’s team had a good start to the tie, with experienced Manika Batra winning the opening match against Tetyana Bilenko in four games. But then the world no.51 Margaryta Pesotska showed her quality and won both her singles matches, first against Yashaswini Ghorpade and then Manika. Eventually, India came out on top as Divya Chitale in the third singles against Veronika and Yashaswini in her reverse singles match against Tetyana claimed a win. Meanwhile, Indian men’s team had a poor start to the tie as Manush Shah conceded the opening match to world no.98 Lubomir Pistej in a close five-game affair. After that, Manav Thakkar levelled the tie score with a comfortable win over Jakub Zelianka, but then …