With this loss, India's table tennis campaign at the Paris Olympics came to an end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sreeja Akula-Archana Kamath and Manika Batra lost the first two contests as the fifth-seeded German team took a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kamath, however, bounced back in the third rubber to beat Shan Xiaona and pull the lead back to 2-1. But Annett Kaufmann, in the fourth, won her second match of the quarterfinal and sealed Germany\u2019s spot in the semifinal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indian trio, seeded 11th, stunned fourth-seeded Romania 3-2 in their Round of 16 tie on Monday to enter the quarterfinal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, the Indian men\u2019s table tennis team of Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar crashed out of the Paris Games after losing to the top-seeded Chinese team in the Round of 16 on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For the first time in history, India competed in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s team events at the Olympics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, the Indian men\u2019s table tennis team of Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar crashed out of the Paris Games after losing to the top-seeded Chinese team in the Round of 16 on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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