Hosts India made a bright start to their campaign at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, topping their groups to qualify for the Super Eight stage in both men's and women's team events here Wednesday. Group B: India beat Sri Lanka 3-0 (Manika Batra beat Bimandi Bandara 11-5 11-4 11-5; Archana Kamath beat Ishara Madurangi 11-5 11-5 12-10; Ayhika Mukherjee beat Chamathsara Fernando 11-3 11-3 8-11 11-4); India beat South Africa 3-0 (Archana Kamath beat Danisha Patel 11-6 11-2 11-2; Madhurika Patkar beat Palesa Mtshoelibe 11-2 11-5 11-3; Sutirtha Mukherjee beat Simeen Mookrey 11-1 11-4 11-4). Group C: Australia beat Cyprus 3-0; Malaysia beat Australia 3-1. Men: Group A: England beat Cyprus 3-0; England beat Sri Lanka 3-0. Group D: Australia beat Wales 3-0; Australia beat South Africa 3-0.

Source: dna July 17, 2019 16:57 UTC