Seasoned paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal was the only Indian player to enter the second round of the World Table Tennis Championship in Paris yesterday. World No 69 Sharath defeated Spaniard Carlos Machado by 4-2 games in first round of the men's singles event. However, Sharath's teammates Anthony Amalraj and Soumyajit Ghosh made first round exits.In the women's event, Mouma Das, K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar were also ousted in the first round itself. There was some hope for India in the mixed doubles as the duo of Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das secured a spot in the round of 32 with a win over Russian duo of Alexander Shibaev and Elana Troshneva in five sets. In the next round the duo will be running into Peng Tang and Wing Nam NG, a strong pair from Hong Kong.The other pairs in Mixed Doubles – Sharath and Shamini and Amalraj and Madhurika have bowed out. While Sharath and Shamini were defeated by Germany's Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Slja 4-0, the Japanese duo of Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa accounted for Amalraj and Madhurika 4-2.