CW Table Tennis Championships: India tops medal tally with 7 Gold

Host India made most of home’ advantage and grabbed all 7 gold medals in 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships 2019 which concluded at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha.

Key Highlights

Winners of 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships:

Indian paddlers topped medals tally with 7 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze.

Men Singles: Harmeet Desai. He defeated favourite G. Sathiyan 4-3 in a hard-fought final to claim the men’s singles title.

Women Singles: Ayhika Mukherjee. This is her maiden gold in the championships. She thrashed former national champion Madurika Patkar 4-0.

Men Doubles: Anthony Amalraj & Manav Thakkar. The duo claimed Men’s doubles gold by stunning top seeds Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal 3-1.

Women Doubles: Pooja Sahasrabudhe & Krittwika Sinha Roy. The duo defeated compatriots Sreeja Akula and Mousumi Paul 3-1 to claim doubles crown.

England won 2 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Singapore got 6 bronze medals.

Malaysia and Nigeria got 1 bronze each.


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