CWG: Mixed day for Indian para paddlers

Gold Coast (Australia) April 11 (IANS) Indian para paddlers Maitreyee Sarkar and Vaishnavi Sutar had a mixed outing in their respective women s TT6-10 singles group matches at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday.

While Maitreyee thrashed Papua New Guniea s Vero Nime 3-0 in group 1 Vaishnavi went down 0-3 to Nigerian Faith Obazuaye in group 2.

Maitreyee overcame Wednesday s loss to Australian Melissa Tapper with a 3-0 (11-2 11-9 11-2) win over the PNG paddler.

She will next face England s Felicity Pickard on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals.

On the other hand Maitreyee s compatriot Vaishnavi s dreams of reaching the semi-finals are almost over after losing 0-3 to Nigerian Obazuaye.

The Indian had no reply to the Nigerian s aggressive play in all the three games that saw her winning 11-0 11-2 11-2.

Vaishnavi had earlier lost to Canada s Stephanie Chan on Tuesday. She will next face Australian Andrea McDonnell on Thursday.

--IANS
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