Manush and Diya progress in singles

India's Manush Shah and Diya Chitale booked their places in the men's and women's singles second round of the World table tennis championships in Doha on Saturday.
Manush scripted an authoritative 4-2 (11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6) win over Tiago Apolonia of Portugal while Diya put it across Sofia-Xuan Zhang of Spain (4-0) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12.
However, Sreeja Akula bowed out in the women's first round to Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut, losing (4-1) 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-2.
The results (first round): Men: Singles: Manush Shah bt Tiago Apolonia (Por) 11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6. Doubles: Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah bt Peter Hribar & Deni Kozul (Slo) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6.
Women: Singles: Suthasini Sawettabut (Tha) bt Sreeja Akula 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-2; Diya Chitale bt Sofia-Xuan Zhang (Esp) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12; Doubles: Ayhika Mukherjee & Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Ozge Yilmaz & Ece Harac (Tur) 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7; Yasashwini Ghorpade & Diya Chitale bt Markhabo Magdieva & Asel Erkebaeva (Uzb) 9-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-8.

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