{"id":243194,"date":"2022-10-04T15:09:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/04\/world-tt-championship-indian-men-enter-pre-quarters-to-face-china-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T15:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:09:45","slug":"world-tt-championship-indian-men-enter-pre-quarters-to-face-china-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/04\/world-tt-championship-indian-men-enter-pre-quarters-to-face-china-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"World TT Championship: Indian men enter pre-quarters, to face China | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>CHENGDU: The Indian men&#8217;s team advanced to the pre-quarterfinals despite losing 0-3 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/france\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/france\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" frmappuse=\"1\">France<\/a> at the World Table Tennis Championship on Tuesday. <br \/>The Indians escaped elimination by the skin of their teeth, entering the round of 16 as one of the higher-ranked best-placed third teams in the group stages. <br \/>As a change of strategy, India opened with <!-- -->Manav Thakkar<!-- --> against Alexis Lebrun, ranked No. 30 in the world, and the 0-3 (6-11, 8-11, 8-11) loss straightaway pushed them on the back foot. <br \/>World number 37 <!-- -->G Sathiyan<!-- --> took on Felix Lebrun in the second tie. But the 86th-ranked Frenchman punched way above his weight to pummel the Indian in straight games to win 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 and put his side 2-0 up. <br \/>Harmeet Desai<!-- --> too failed to withstand the pressure despite putting up a fight against Jules Rolland, who won 11-13, 13-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7 in the gripping third rubber to give France the top-of-the-table position in their group, despite a three-way tie. <br \/>With three teams &#8212; France, <!-- -->Germany<!-- --> and India &#8212; finishing on same points (7) with three wins and one loss each, France pitch-forked itself to the top position on a head-to-head win over India. <br \/>However, India&#8217;s 0-3 loss enabled Germany, who beat France 3-1 on Monday, to take the second spot in the group. <br \/>The two-higher ranked teams that finished third in their groups filled the two vacant slots in the top 16-team knockout. <br \/>India qualified for the pre-quarterfinals as the other team in contention for the spot &#8212; Romania &#8212; is ranked lower in the world standings. <br \/>India will face top seeds China first up in the pre-quarterfinals. <br \/>The Indian women&#8217;s team has also made it through to the round of 16. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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