Panchkula, Jul 9 (UNI) India No 1 paddler and top seed A. Sharath Kamal must be ruing the walkover he got in the round of 64 as he lost the first match that he played in men singles in the 11Even Sports National Ranking (North Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Tau Devi Lal Indoor Stadium here on Sunday night.
SFR Snehit of Telangana, playing superbly, beat Kamal in marathon rally 12-10, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 5-11, 12-14, 11-8 in what turned out to be a fantastic victory for the young lad.
Sharath gave full credit to Snehit for the way he played some great points and kept the ace paddler on tenterhooks all the time. Leading 3-1, he made few mistakes that allowed Sharath stage a comeback but in the decider Snehit was nicely placed at changeover. From there the