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On paper, Manika Batra should have beaten the current world no 134 Daniela Monteiro Dodean. coque samsung But her opponent was a former world no 19 who was getting back up the rankings.

Teammates jumping over advertisement boards, rushing onto the playing area to greet their compatriot, who already has hands raised up high in celebration. coque samsung This is an image that has been associated with Indian table tennis quite often these last few years. It happened when both the men’s and women’s teams won gold at the Commonwealth Games, when the men’s team won bronze at the Asian coque telephone galaxy s8 Games, and when the men’s team finished in the top 15 at the World Championships in 2018.

It was an image that coque iphone 5c pantone universe was, at least for the men’s team, expected to be repeated at coque iphone xs max miroir the ITTF’s team Olympic qualification event in Gondomar, Portugal on Friday. But it wasn’t to be.

The Indian women’s team, seeded 17th defied all odds when they stretched fifth seeded Romania to the final rubber of the best of five tie, only for Manika Batra to stumble at the final hurdle. coque iphone A coque iphone 6 wallpaper few hours later, the fifth seeded Indian men’s team were unexpectedly beaten 3 1 by Slovenia.

Former Olympian Neha coque iphone 6s toulouse Aggarwal sums up the Indian challenge: “It was disappointing by the men, they should have done much better. But, at least for coque iphone 5c book the men’s team, it should never have gone down this far.

Both teams needed to win two consecutive ties to make the Tokyo cut. south carolina jerseys The men’s team, ranked ninth in the world, made quick work of Luxembourg in the first round. Only Slovenia stood in the way of the Indians and a berth at the Olympics. coque samsung And they had the players to win that tie coque iphone 7 iphone 6 as well.

India had the likes of the world no 30 coque samsung galaxie core prime and 33 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Achanta Sharath Kamal both of whom have been instrumental in the rise of the Indian team respectively in the ranks, while Slovenia’s highest ranked player was world no 40 Darko Jorgic. coque samsung And the difference coque iphone 6 et 7 Indian pair made a commanding start to the tie, winning the doubles coque iphone 4s one piece rubber in three straight games. coque samsung iphone 11 case In the singles though, Sathiyan was blanked 3 coque iphone 5s dolce gabbana 0, Harmeet Desai lost 3 2 and Sharath went down coque iphone contre le samsung galaxy a3 2017 coque silicone froid 3 1 to hand Slovenia the Olympic spot.

“I’m not sure what coque galaxy buds went wrong with the men. coque iphone They were a strong team and had trained very hard for this tournament, even holding camps in Chennai and Dusseldorf,” Aggarwal says. Xavier Sneed Kansas State Wildcats Jersey coque samsung “It was probably coque iphone 5c unicorn nerves because apart from Sharath, the rest were all gunning for their first Olympics. coque huawei But at the carrefour coque iphone 5c same time, if they want to be the best in the world, they will have to learn to embrace the pressure.”

The women’s team meanwhile played better than expected. coque samsung Led by world no 61 Manika Batra, the Indians first came up with a win over 16th seed Sweden before putting up a strong challenge against the Romanians.

The women’s team will now take on France in the quarterfinal of the second stage of the tournament on Saturday.

After going down in the doubles, Batra coque galaxy 8 plus pulled off a 3 1 win against world no 19 Bernadette Szocs. coque huawei coque huawei Sutirtha Mukherjee also beat Szocs in the fourth rubber to level the tie at 2 2 and take it to the decider.

In the fifth, Batra was coque iphone 4 fox to galaxy a3 2016 coque play the current world no 134 Daniela Monteiro Dodean. On paper, it was a match Batra should have won, but her opponent was a former world no 19 who was getting back up the rankings after being away from the tour on maternity leave.

“Daniela is from my coque iphone triforce batch. coque samsung She’s a very tactical and smart player and that made the difference,” Aggarwal says. “She knew how to counter the long pimple game Manika plays. Henry Ruggs III Jersey So she kept playing inside out forehands deep onto Manika’s backhand.”

Batra ended coque iphone 7 hakuna matata up losing the rubber 3 coque iphone fre 1, and the Indian women bowed out 3 2.

The women’s team will now take on France in the quarterfinal of the second stage of the tournament on Saturday.