<p>Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee achieved another first for Indian table tennis by assuring themselves of a medal at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/asian-tt-championships-indian-mens-team-makes-history-with-third-consecutive-medal-win-women-end-with-bronze-23408289" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Asian TT Championships</strong></a> on Saturday.</p>
<p>The Mukherjees, who had beaten the world champions from China on the way to a historic bronze at the Asian Games last year, bounced back to beat South Korean of Kim Nayeong and Lee Eunhye 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 in the quarterfinals.</p>
<p>The world number 15 pair from India faces Japan's Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kishara in the semifinals on Sunday. The Asian TT Championships final is also scheduled for Sunday.</p>
<p>Ayhika plays with an anti-spin rubber that helps her slow down the game for Sutirtha, who uses a short pimpled rubber, to attack on the following return.</p>
<p><strong>Manav, Manush stun higher-ranked South Koreans</strong></p>
<p>In the men's singles, Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah exceeded expectations to reach the pre-quarterfinals.</p>
<p>Manav, ranked 60th, recorded one of the biggest wins of his career by upsetting world number 14 Jang Woojin from South Korea 5-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7 in the round of 32.</p>
<p>World number 115 Manush made short work of 23-ranked An Jaehyun from South Korea 11-9, 11-5, 11-6 in a head turning performance. Both Manav and Manush play their pre-quarterfinal later on Saturday.</p>
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<p>Harmeet Desai's singles campaign ended in the round of 32 with a straight game loss to 30th ranked Lim Jonghoon in the round of 32.</p>
<p>Veteran Sharath Kamal, India's highest ranked player at 42, had suffered a shock defeat against 506th ranked Mohammed Alqassab on Friday evening. G Sathiyan went down against North Korean Ham Yu Song, who doesn't feature in the ITTF rankings.</p>
<p>Manika Batra is scheduled to face Japan's Miwa Harimoto in a round of 16 clash on Saturday.</p>
<p><em><strong>(With agency inputs)</strong></em></p><p>
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