Jakarta Aug 30 (IANS) India s Achanta Sharath Kamal advanced to the pre-quaterfinals of the men s singles table tennis competition at the 2018 Asian Games here on Thursday.
The Indian paddler handed a 11-4 11-8 11-7 11-5 defeat to Pakistan s Muhammad Asim Qureshi in the Round of 32 affair.
Earlier on Thursday Mouma Das had crashed out of the women s singles table tennis competition.
The 34-year-old Indian paddler suffered a 0-4 defeat against Taiwan s Szuyu Chen in the Round of 32.
Chen outclassed Mouma 11-6 11-5 11-6 11-6 to advance to the pre-quarters.
India s Manika Batra will be up against Thailand s Nanthana Komwong in another Round of 32 match later on Thursday.

--IANS kk/ajb/sed