Jakarta Aug 27 (IANS) The Indian men s table tennis team blanked Macau 3-0 in their Pool D encounter at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.
Manav Thakkar defeated Ian Tin Mak 11-5 11-4 11-4 to steer India to a 3-0 victory.
Earlier the seasoned Anthony Amalraj gave India a 1-0 lead courtesy his 11-7 11-3 11-4 facile triumph over Chun Wang.
Harmeet Desai next got the better of Zikang Xiao 11-4 11-8 8-11 11-3 to extend India s lead to 2-0.
The Indians will take on Vietnam in their final group D match later on Monday.

--IANS dm/pur/mr