Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Sharath-Mouma advance, Harmeet-Pooja ousted in TT mixed doubles

Gold Coast: India's veteran duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das advanced to the round of 16 in table tennis mixed doubles competition of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast on Wednesday.

But it was curtains for the other mixed doubles pair of Harmeet Desai and Pooja Sahasrabudhe, who lost their round of 32 tie 1-3 (6-11, 6-11, 11-3, 9-11) to Malaysia's Javen Choong and Karen Lyne.

Sharath and Mouma, however, proceeded to the round of 16 after beating the Sri Lankan duo of Rohan Sirisena and Ishara Madurangi 3-1 (11-6, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5) at the Oxenford Studios here.

After comfortably pocketing the first game, the Indians struggled to continue their dominance in the second as the Sri Lankans managed to square the scoreline 1-1.

In the third game, Sharath and Mouma used all their experience to bounce back and comprehensibly beat the Sri Lankans and did not allow them to get back even in the fourth game, to seal the contest in India's favour.

Sharath and Mouma will on Thursday face England duo of David McBeath and Kelly Sibley for a place in the quarter-finals.

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Meanwhile, Shreyasi Singh on Wednesday won the Gold medal in the women's double trap event for India. She beat Australia's Emma Cox in the shootout. Earlier, shooter Om Prakash finished third to settle for a bronze medal in men's 50m Pistol event taking India's total medal count to 23.