ITTF India Open: Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai march into pre-quarterfinals, Manika Batra bows out

New Delhi: Sharath Kamal and Harmeet Desai won their opening round matches in contrasting styles to enter the pre-quarterfinals while second seed Vladimir Samsonov suffered a shock defeat to crash out of the competition in ITTF



World Tour India Open on Thursday.

Desai produced a special performance to beat higher-ranked Frenchman Tristan Flore while Kamal completed a comfortable win against Can Akkuzu, also from France.