Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 Men’s and Women’s Wins Bronze

The Indian men’s table tennis team secured a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 held in Astana, Kazakhstan, marking their third consecutive bronze in this event. India’s top-ranked women’s doubles duo, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee, achieved a remarkable milestone by claiming a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024.

Key Highlights Women’s Team

Historic Achievement

• Ayhika and Sutirtha became the first all-Indian women’s doubles pair to win a medal at the Asian Championships, following Gool Nasikwala’s gold medal win with Japan’s Yoshiko Tanaka in 1952.

Semi-final Match

• The Mukherjees faced Japan’s Miwa Harimoto (World No. 33) and Miyuu Kihara in the semi-finals, losing with a scoreline of 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-9).
• In the second game, Ayhika and Sutirtha held a four-point lead but were unable to maintain it as Harimoto and Kihara made a strong comeback.

Previous Achievements

• The Mukherjees made history at the Asian Games last year by winning India’s first medal in women’s doubles.
• They also became the first Indians to win the WTT Contender women’s doubles title in Tunis last year.

India’s Overall Performance

• India concluded the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 with three bronze medals:
• The Indian women’s team earned a historic bronze, marking the first medal in the women’s team event since the ATTU began organizing the competition in 1972.
• The Indian men’s team secured their third consecutive bronze.

Overall Medal Tally

• India’s total medal tally at the Asian Championships now stands at eight, all of which are bronze medals.

Individual Performances

• Former Commonwealth Games champion Manika Batra was eliminated in the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles.
• Veteran player Sharath Kamal could not progress beyond the round of 64 in the men’s singles.

Key Highlights Men’s Team

Bronze Medal Achievement

• The Indian men’s team clinched the bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals to Chinese Taipei with a score of 3-0.

Consistent Performance

• This victory marks India’s third straight bronze in the men’s team event, following similar achievements in 2021 and 2023.
• Overall, India has secured seven bronze medals in the history of the Asian Table Tennis Championships.

Semi-final Details

• The semi-final match against Chinese Taipei featured three matches
• Sharath Kamal (World No. 42) lost to Lin Yun-Ju (World No. 11) with scores of 11-7, 12-10, 11-9.
• Manav Thakkar (World No. 60) took one game off Kao Cheng-Jui (World No. 22) but lost 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 13-11).
• Harmeet Desai (World No. 91) was defeated by Huang Yan-Cheng (World No. 70) with scores of 11-6, 11-9, 11-7.

Path to the Semi-finals

• India advanced to the semi-finals after a solid 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals, with contributions from Sharath, Manav, and Harmeet.

Event Structure

The Asian Table Tennis Championships feature competitions in seven events,

• Men’s team, 
• Women’s team,
• Men’s doubles, 
• women’s doubles,
• Mixed doubles,
• Men’s singles, and 
• Women’s singles.