Asian Games bronze medallists A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra defeated the top-seeded pair of Manav Thakkar and Archana Girish Kamath 3-1 to win the mixed doubles gold in the 80th National Table Tennis Championship in Cuttack on Tuesday. The last time Sharath competed and won all four titles was way back during the Siliguri Nationals in 2008. Incidentally, it was Harmeet Desai and Pooja Sahasrabudhe who had won the mixed doubles for PSPB at Hyderabad three years ago. Having set the tone on Sunday in the team final, Sharath shepherded Manika in the final against Manav and Archana. Nevertheless, their opponents did well to challenge their supremacy and led 0-5 before Sharath and Manika levelled and went 6-5, 9-7 up.

Source: dna January 08, 2019 15:45 UTC