India's Mouma Das, K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar have entered the main draw of the women's singles event of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris. In the men's section, Soumyajit Ghosh also made the cut. The 20-year old Ghosh will now take on world number 2 Long Ma of China. Ace Indian padddler Achantha Sharath Kamal is seeded in the main draw while Anthony Amalraj was given a direct entry among top 128 paddlers. In the mixed doubles competition, the pairs of Sharath Kamal and Shamini, Amalraj-Patkar, and Ghosh-Das have cleared the first round of the main draw.India's challenge in the men's doubles competition ended after duo of Desai and Ghosh lost their third preliminary round match to Taipei's Chia-Sheng Lee and Chih-Chi. Now, the pair of Aggarwal and Patkar is India's lone representative in the women's doubles event.
News On AIR | May 15, 2013 6:28 PM