CWG: Indian men s TT pairs enter quarters

Gold Coast (Australia) April 12 (IANS) Indian paddlers continued their dominance at the 21st Commonwealth Games here with the men s doubles pairs of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty reaching the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Sharath and Sathiyan outplayed the Sri Lankan pair of Buwaneka Jayasingha Mudiyanselage and Imesh Ranasingha 3-0 (11-3 11-4 12-10) in their round of 16 tie at the Oxenford Studios here.

Sharath and Sathiyan will now be up against England s David McBeath and Samuel Walker on Friday for a place in the semi-final.

In another match Harmeet and Sanil also prevailed comfortably over Northern Ireland s Paul McCreery and Ashley Robinson 3-0 (11-4 12-10 11-9).

The Indian duo will now face off against Australians Heming Hu and Xin Yan in the quarter-finals on Friday.

--IANS
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