CWG: Sharath-Sathiyan, Harmeet-Sanil advance in TT men s doubles (Lead)

Gold Coast (Australia) April 11 (IANS) Indian men s doubles duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shankar Shetty advanced to the round of 16 in men s doubles table tennis competition of the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday.

Sharath and Sathiyan entered the round of 16 after thrashing Kiribati duo Tauramoa Miita and Nooa Takooa 3-0 (11-2 11-5 11-6) while Harmeet and Sanil beat Guyana s Shemar Britton and Christopher Franklin 3-0 (11-6 11-5 11-7).

Sharath and Sathiyan had no problems in dealing with the inexperienced Kiribati pair comfortably clinching the round of 32 tie.

Sharath and Sathiyan will next take on Sri Lanka s Buwaneka Jayasingha Mudiyanselage and Imesh Ranasingha on Thursday for a place in the quarter-finals.

The other men s doubles pair of Harmeet and Sanil too had an easy outing against the Guyana combo who failed to put up a challenge in any of the three games.

In the round of 16 Harmeet and Sanil will be up against Northern Ireland s Paul McCreery and Ashley Robinson at the Oxenford Studios on Thursday.

--IANS
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