World Team Table Tennis C’ships: India men thrash Tunisia; women handed walkover

LONDON: (Apr 28) The Indian men’s team made a strong start to its campaign at the World Team Table Tennis Championships with a convincing 3-0 win over Tunisia, while the women’s side was awarded a walkover here on Tuesday.

Manush Shah, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai registered impressive wins for India.

Shah got the team off to a steady start, defeating Essid Wassim 3-1 (11-5 9-11 11-3 11-5) before Thakkar and Desai picked up identical 3-0 wins