Asian Table Tennis Championships Day 6: Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee storm into semifinals

The Indian team continued their strong run at the Asian Table Tennis Championships on Saturday in the individual categories. After two historic bronze medals in the team events, the nation's paddlers are now assured of at least one more podium finish.

The medal was secured early in the day when the women's doubles duo of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee stormed their way into the semifinals, assuring themselves of a bronze medal. The Indians took down Korea's Cha Su Yong and Pak Su Gyong in straight games in a clinical performance.

Elsewhere, Indian's men's singles players also fared well, with Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar both making their way into the pre-quarterfinals. Shah needed only three games to book hai berth in the top 16, while Thakker had to work his way through a grueling match that went down to the wire.

On the women's singles end of things at the Asian Table Tennis Championships, Manika Batra was knocked out in the round of 16 by Japan's Harimoto Miwa, ending the nation's hope for a medal in this particular event.

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Asian Table Tennis Championships: Full results from day six (Indians only)

Men's Singles Round of 32

SHAH Manush Utpalbhai (India) beat AN Jaehyun (Korea) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6

LIM Jonghoon (Korea) beat DESAI Harmeet 14-12, 11-7, 11-7

THAKKAR Manav Vikash (India) beat JANG Woojin (Korea) 5-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7

Women's Doubles Quarterfinals

MUKHERJEE Ayhika/MUKHERJEE Sutirtha (India) beat KIM Nayeong/LEE Eunhye (Korea) 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8

Women's Doubles Position 9-16 matches

BATRA Manika/CHITALE Diya Parag (India) beat CHA Su Yong/PAK Su Gyong (Korea) 11-6, 12-10, 11-9

Men's Doubles Position 9-16 matches

KWAN Man Ho/YIU Kwan To (Hong Kong) beat GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/DESAI Harmeet (India) 11-6, 11-5, 3-11, 12-14, 11-5

THAKKAR Manav Vikash/SHAH Manush Utpalbhai (India) beat KENZHIGULOV Aidos/ZHUBANOV Sanzhar (Kazakhstan) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8

Women's Singles Round of 16

HARIMOTO Miwa (Japan) beat BATRA Manika (India) 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5

Men's Singles Round of 16

LIN Yun-Ju (Chinese Taipei) beat SHAH Manush Utpalbhai (India) 14-12, 6-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8,

CHAN Baldwin (Hong Kong) beat THAKKAR Manav Vikash (India) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8

Women's Singles Position 17-32 matches

MUKHERJEE Ayhika (India) SAWETTABUT Suthasini (Thailand) 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5

CHITALE Diya Parag (India) beat PAK Su Gyong (Korea) 7-11, 3-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-5

SAWETTABUT Jinnipa (Thailand) beat AKULA Sreeja (India) 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-6

Men's Singles Position 17-32 matches

WONG Chun Ting (Hong Kong) won by walkover against DESAI Harmeet (India)

Men's Doubles Position 13-16

FENG Yi-Hsin/LIN Yun-Ju (Chinese Taipei) beat GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/DESAI Harmeet (India) 11-6, 12-14, 13-11, 11-8

Women's Singles Position 25-32 matches

AKULA Sreeja (India) beat KAMALOVA Arujan (Uzbekistan) 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-2

Men's Singles Position 25-32 matches

FENG Yi-Hsin (Chinese Taipei) beat DESAI Harmeet (India) 11-5, 15-13, 11-13, 7-11, 16-14

Men's Doubles Position 15-16 matches

DESAI Harmeet/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan (India) beat KENZHIGULOV Aidos/ZHUBANOV Sanzhar (Kazakhstan) 11-4, 11-13, 11-8, 11-4

Women's Singles Position 25-28 matches

AKULA Sreeja (India) won by walkover against PARANANG Orawan (Thailand)