World Table Tennis Championships Finals | Indian doubles pairs start well, progress to next round

Reeth beat Hana Arapovic 4-2 (11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-3, 11-8), while Akula won her match against Nicole Arlia 4-1 (11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5). Unfortunately, it was curtains for Suthirtha Mukherjee, who lost to Tatiana Kukulkova 3-4 (11-3, 11-4, 10-12, 10-12, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11).

It wasn't the best of starts in the men's singles, as Manush Shah and Harmeet Desai were eliminated in the first round as well. Harmeet lost against Tiago Apolonia by 1-4 (13-11, 6-11, 4-11, 9-11, 13-15), while Manush lost against Cho Seungmin 1-4 (8-11, 11-7, 13-11, 5-11, 5-11).

In the women's doubles, Sreeja Akula and Diya Parag Chitale won in their round of 64 match. They won against Gaia Monfardini and Nicole Arlia 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9). It was another win, this time by Manika Batra and Archana Kamath, who beat Emily Quan and Yishiuan Lin 3-1 (10-12, 11-2, 11-9, 11-5).

Manika also won her mixed doubles match win G Sathiyan as they beat Xia Lian Ni and Luka Mladenovic 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 14-16, 11-7, 11-6), to advance to the next round.