Daily Current Affairs / Asian Table Tennis Championships: India win two bronze medals in doubles, end the campaign with three
Category : Sports Published on: October 06 2021
· India wrapped up its Asian Table Tennis Championships 2021 campaign in Doha, Qatar with a total of three bronze medals.
· The two Indian men's doubles teams in action on the day, Sharath Kamal Achanta-Satihyan Gnanasekaran and Manav Thakkar-Harmeet Desai, both lost their semi-final matches and had to settle for bronze medals.
· India's best performance at the continental tournament was in this edition, with two men's doubles medals and a men's team bronze.
Important Facts
About Asian Table Tennis Championships 2021
v The 2021 Asian Table Tennis Championships were held in Doha, Qatar, from September 28 to October 5, 2021. Due to a focus on the 2021 National Games of China and the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, as well as travel and quarantine restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, China did not play in the tournament.
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