Lusofonia games: Indian women bag maiden table tennis gold

Panaji: Indian women today defeated Portugal 3-0 to bag gold medal in table tennis match at ongoing Lusofonia games.

India has won all the league matches in the tournament. Portugal and Sri Lanka had to settle for silver and bronze medals, respectively. For India, three-time national champion Shamini Kumarsen, current national champion Ankita Das and Madhurika Patkar won their all singles matches. In the first match, Kumarsen defeated Joana Mota by 11-7, 11-5, 9-11 and 13-11. Das trounced Rackel Andrade by straight set to 11-8, 11-8 and 11-7, thus giving India 2-0 lead. In the last game, Patkar beat Joana Fins by 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 to give India its first gold of the tournament. This is the first medal India in Lusofonia table tennis event.