It took Darko a while to get off his block as he won the first game and looked sharper, but after that it was all Sharath Kamal as he blew past Darko, who could not withstand the barrage of smashes and drops that came his way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The two paddlers engaged in several amazing rallies during the game, and Sharath often maintained his cool to win the point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
World No. 88 Sharath began his Singapore tour by beating Romania\u2019s Andre Istrate, Yuta Tanaka of Japan, and Slovenia\u2019s Deni Kozul from the qualifying round to book his place in the main draw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the round of 64, Sharath then triumphed 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-6) over Nicolas Burgos, the World No. 31 from Chile. The ten-time national champion from India will compete with either Lee Sang Su of Korea or Omas Assar of Egypt for a spot in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women\u2019s doubles round of 16, Romanian-Spanish players Adina Diaconu and Maria Xiao defeated bronze medalists from the Asian Games, Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee, 1-3 (4-11, 14-12, 3-11, 9-11). The Indian pair had won the opening round 3-2 (11-8, 5-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9) against Miu Hirano and Miwa Harimoto of Japan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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