India women edge past Australia to enter semis

India overcame a spirited Australian problem to start the second stage of the ladies’s staff occasion on the twenty second Commonwealth Desk Tennis Championships with a hard-fought victory on the Thyagaraja Sports activities Advanced on Tuesday (July 28, 2026).

The night session marked the beginning of the second stage — successfully the Tremendous Eight — and Australia ensured the highest seed was made to work for each level. Yangzi Liu, the highest-ranked Australian singles participant, was the standout performer, racing previous each Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sreeja Akula with out dropping a sport.

Yashaswini, nevertheless, bounced again admirably. Displaying exceptional composure after her opening defeat, the teenager outlasted the skilled Min Hyung Jee within the deciding rubber to substantiate India’s entry within the semifinals. The ladies had eased previous Sri Lanka 3-0 earlier within the afternoon.

The defining efficiency of the tie, although, got here from Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee. Locked in a tense battle towards Constantina Psihogios within the third singles, Sutirtha relied on her expertise and well timed winners to edge a gripping five-game contest. She clinched the decider 13-11, guaranteeing the tie stayed alive regardless of Sreeja’s subsequent defeat to Liu.

India’s males, in the meantime, loved a extra comfy outing towards Australia. World No. 38 Manav Thakkar shrugged off a reduce on his brow — sustained after colliding with the umpire’s desk in the course of the second sport — to finish his singles victory as India sealed the tie with out undue hassle.

Sathiyan skips singles

G. Sathiyan has withdrawn from the boys’s singles competitors. The silver medallist on the earlier Commonwealth Desk Tennis Championships in Cuttack in 2019 is known to have cited his hectic schedule as the rationale for opting out.

Sathiyan confirmed to The Hindu that he’ll, nevertheless, compete within the males’s doubles alongside Harmeet Desai and within the blended doubles with Sreeja. “Each these occasions will function preparation for the Asian Video games,” Sathiyan stated.

Essential outcomes

Second stage:

Girls: India bt Australia 3-2 (Yashaswini Ghorpade misplaced to Yangzi Liu 13-15, September 11, 5-11, Sreeja Akula bt Min Hyung Jee 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Constantina Psihogios 11-8, September 11, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11, Yangzi bt Sreeja 11-8, 11-5, 11-5, Yashaswini bt Min 11-5, 11-9, 11-8), India bt Sri Lanka 3-0, Canada bt Sri Lanka 3-0, Australia bt Canada 3-0.

Males: Malaysia bt Maldives 3-1, Sri Lanka bt Namibia 3-0y.