CUTTACK 17-Jul-2019
Hosts and firm favourites India got off to a flying start in team events of the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships with their women and men posting back-to-back wins in respective preliminary groups and advancing to the quarterfinals on the opening day here at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium today.
Indian men, the defending champions, blanked both Scotland and Singapore by 3-0 identical margin in Group B, while Indian women did the same against Sri Lanka and South Africa also in Group B. Malaysia women caused an upset by getting the better of Australia 3-1.
