Indian table tennis quartet led by veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal ended its Olympic campaign on the opening day itself as all four players lost their first round matches, here.
Save Mouma Das, who was blown away by 0-4 margin in just 21 minutes, Sharath and Soumyajit Ghosh got a game each from their respective opponents before going down 1-4. Debutant Manika Batra was the best performer as she lost by scoreline of 2-4. India’s most decorated player Sharath lost to another veteran Crisan Adrian of Romania 11-8, 14-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8. Adrian was world No 20 at one point of time in his career and is currently a top-100 player (ranked 90th).