Jakarta Aug 31 (IANS) India s Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika lost their respective singles matches in the table tennis competition at 18th Asian Games here on Friday.
Kamal lost 7-11 11-9 10-12 16-14 9-11 to Chuang Chihyuan of Taiwan in the men s singles pre-quarterfinals.
Manika also lost in the pre-quarterfinals. India s best bet in the women s singles category was no match for Wang Manyu of China going down 2-11 8-11 8--1 11-6 4-11 in a rather lopsided contest.

--IANS ajb/vm