Indian Table Tennis Player Sharath Kamal Crashes Out Of Tokyo Olympics

Mumbai: India’s 39-year-old table tennis player Sharath Kamal has been knocked out of his fourth Olympics after losing in men’s singles third round against 2016 Olympics gold medallist Ma Long of China.

Sharath lost the match with a scoreline of 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 4-11. Ma Long defeated Kamal 4-1 in a match that lasted for 46 minutes.

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Kamal was placed on the backfoot in Game 1, leading him to a 7-11 loss, and had everything he needed to do in the following games.

However, Kamal showed his experience and came back winning Game 2. The match went back and forth and Long took a 2–1 lead after Game 3.

Long took Game 4 from there and was minutes away from winning the match.

Kamal was not able to make a comeback and he ended up losing the match within minutes.

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