Hyderabad, Sept 06: Nandita Saha and Sourav Chakraborty lost their respective matches as Indian challenge in the 9th Asian Table Tennis Championship here came to an end today. Nandita succumbed without offering much resistance against Fukuhara Al in her quarterfinal tie at the Kotla Vijaybhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium. She lost 3-11 3-11 9-11 5-11.
However, Sourav put up a brave fight before going down against Li Hu of China in the match for the semifinal berth in the boys' category. Sourav stretched Hu before losing 9-11 6-11 11-8 11-7 10-12 7-11.
The home team players also came up with a pathetic performance in the doubles events. In the boys doubles, Sourav and Arunav Ganguly were outplayed by Moh Hussein and Moh Khoiruddin of Indonesia 6-11 8-11 11-5 4-11 while Sushmita Roy and Moushmi suffered a 11-8 4-11 7-11 13-15 loss in the girls section to complete the Indian rout.
In the day's other matches, Z Changong and L Xiaxia of China lost to compatriots ANG Xiaofu and Peng Luty Yang 11-8 11-4 8-11 7-11 6-11 in the mixed doubles semifinal.
The final will be an all Chinese affair as ma long and Fan Ying (China) defeated Li Hu and Li Qian 11-9 7-11 11-7 11-5 in the second semifinals. Bureau Report