India assured of two medals in mixed doubles

Surat, Dec 19: India are assured of a silver and a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event of the 20th Avadh Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here on Sunday. Singapore’s top-seeded duo of Lin Hu and Zhou Yihan maged to beat India’s Anthony Amalraj and K. Shamini 11-3, 11-3, 11-9. In the semi-fils, they will face India's Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das, who downed Singapore’s second seeded Chen Feng and Yee Herng Hwe 13-11, 11-1, 11-6. G. Sathiyan and Ankita Das defeated third seeds David McBeath and Kari Le Fevre 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 115 for the second semi-fil showdown against Sanil Shetty and Manika Batra, who blanked out Singapore's Chew Zhe Yu Clarence and Lin Ye. IANS