{"id":259853,"date":"2022-11-16T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/16\/indians-face-tough-draw-at-asian-cup-table-tennis-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:58:41","slug":"indians-face-tough-draw-at-asian-cup-table-tennis-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/16\/indians-face-tough-draw-at-asian-cup-table-tennis-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians face tough draw at Asian Cup table tennis | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Table tennis legend <!-- -->Achanta Sharath Kamal<!-- --> and top-ranked Indian <!-- -->G Sathiyan<!-- --> will have their task cut out as they face a tough draw at the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Tournament beginning Thursday in Bangkok. <br \/>World No. 44 Sharath kamal, who is set to receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, will run into Chinese Taipei&#8217;s Chuang Chih-Yuan, ranked No. 16, while world No. 39 Sathiyan will open against 26th-ranked Yukiya Uda from Japan. <br \/>World No. 44, <!-- -->Manika Batra<!-- --> will be the lone Indian woman competitor in the USD 200,000 prize money event and she will be up against Chinese <!-- -->Chen Xingtong<!-- -->, ranked world No. 7 and seeded No. 3, in the opening round at the Hua Mak Indoor Stadium. <br \/>The men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s singles event of the 33rd edition of the event, held in a direct knockout format for the first time, has the top 16 Asian players, including No. 1 seed Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan from China, seeded No. 3 and two strong Japanese contenders in No. 2 seed Tomokazu Harimoto and Yukiya Uda. <br \/>Both Sathiyan and Sharath achieved sixth positions &#8212; so far their best finish &#8212; in the 2019 edition in Yokohama and the 2015 edition in Jaipur, respectively. <br \/>Sharath has been in good form this year, having claimed three gold medals in the Commonwealth Games, while Sathiyan too was part of the gold-medal winning men&#8217;s team in Birmingham, where he also picked up a silver in men&#8217;s doubles and bronze in singles. <\/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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