In Asian Table Tennis Championship, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee stormed into Semi- finals after defeating South Korea’s Kim Nayeong and Lee Eunhye 3-1 in the quarterfinals in Astana, Kazakhstan today. Ayhika-Sutirtha duo will now take on Japan’s Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara in the semifinals tomorrow.

Meanwhile in the men’s singles, Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar reached the round of 16. Manush Shah defeated South Korea’s An Jaehyun 3-0 and Manav Thakkar won 3-2 against Jang Woojin of South Korea. Manush Shah will face Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-Ju while Thakkar will take on Hong Kong’s Chan Baldwin in the round of 16 later in the day.

However, Harmeet Desai went down 0-3 to South Korea’s Lim Jonghoon, in his round of 32 match. In women’s singles, Manika Batra will be up against Harimoto of Japan in the round of 16 later in the day.