Indian mixed doubles pair of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/world-table-tennis-championships-manika-batra-enters-third-round-in-womens-singles-23288251" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Manika Batra</a> and G Sathiyan advanced to the semifinals of the WTT Contender tournament in Tunis after a straight-set win over German duo of Cedric Meissner and Yuan Wan on Friday.
Batra-Sathiyan won 3-0 (11-8 11-3 11-8) in the quarter-final match that lasted a little over 21 minutes.
They face the Korean pair of Shin Yubin and Lim Jonghoon for a place in the final. Batra and Sathiyan had already made first round exits in the women's and men's singles respectively.
In the men's singles, Harmeet Desai suffered a 0-3 defeat at the hands of Liang Yanning of China in the pre-quarterfinals on Friday.
Desai lost 5-11 6-11 5-11 in a Round of 16 match that lasted 20 minutes.
His defeat brought the end of Indian challenge in the men's singles.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/utt-has-built-confidence-of-indias-paddlers-sharath-kamal-23290182" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Achanta Sarath Kamal</a> and Sathiyan had exited from the tournament in the first round itself.
India's campaign also ended in the women's singles as Ayhika Mukherjee suffered an identical 0-3 (5-11 9-11 10-12) defeat to Miyu Nagasaki of Japan in the Round of 16.
Batra, Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale had failed to go past the first round.
Also Read: <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/wtt-contender-ayhika-mukherjee-sathiyan-manika-pair-advance-to-next-round-23293790" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">WTT Contender: Ayhika Mukherjee, Sathiyan-Manika pair advance to next round</a>
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Indian mixed doubles pair of Manika Batra and G Sathiyan advanced to the semifinals of the WTT Contender tournament after a straight-set win over German duo

WTT Contender: Manika Batra-G Sathiyan mixed doubles pair enters semifinals

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Indian mixed doubles pair of Manika Batra and G Sathiyan advanced to the semifinals of the WTT Contender tournament in Tunis after a straight-set win over German duo of Cedric Meissner and Yuan Wan on Friday

WTT Contender: Manika Batra-G Sathiyan mixed doubles pair enters semifinals

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