Archana Kamath gave a brief resistance but that was not enough as India lost 1-3 to technically superior Germany in the women’s table tennis team event quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics here on Wednesday.

Indian table tennis campaign ended with the loss. The Indian duo of Sreeja Akula and Archana lost the opening doubles match 5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 6-11 to Yuan Wan and Xiona Shan. In the first singles, star Indian Manika Batra was not at her best as she won the first game but lost the next three (11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 5-11) against Annett Kaufmann as Germany took 2-0 lead in the tie.