CWG 2014: Anthony Amalraj and Madhurika Patkar sent packing in table tennis mixed doubles

Madhurika Patkar

Glasgow, July 31 (IANS): India's Anthony Amalraj and Madhurika Patkar lost in the fourth round of the mixed doubles table tennis event of the 2014 Commonwealth Games at the Scotstoun Sports Campus here Thursday.

The Indian pair lost 2-3 (11-7, 3-11, 10-12, 11-7, 4-11) to Singapore's Ning Gao and Ye Lin in 32 minutes.

It was a topsy-turvy match for the Indian team, who won the first game in five minutes but lost the next two in a combined time of 11 minutes.

Amalraj and Madhurika came back strongly in the fourth to take the match into the final game.

But when it mattered most, the Singapore duo brought their best game and took just five minutes to dump the Indian team out.