Indian men''s team bows out with 0-3 loss to Austria

London, May 5 (PTI) The Indian men’s team on Tuesday bowed out of the World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals after suffering a 0-3 drubbing at the hands of Austria in the round of 32 here.

Manav Thakkar and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran surrendered meekly against their respective opponents while Manush Shah went down fighting in a tie that lasted one hour and 34 minutes.

Manush Shah was the first to take the field in the tie, against Robert Gardos. The Indian won the first game 11-6 but lost the next two 7-11 and 3-11 before clinching the fourth 11-8. But in the decider, the Indian lost 11-13. The first match lasted 46 minutes.

After India trail 0-1, Thakkar and Gnanasekaran lost in quick time with identical 0-3 margins.

Thakkar suffered defeat to

Daniel Habesohn 7-11 5-11 6-11 in just 10 minutes, while Sathiyan played a little longer before losing 5-11 8-11 9-11 to Andreas Levenko. PTI PDS PDS TAP