Table tennis |22 July 2019
Coach Khan giving instructions to his players
91香蕉视频 lose out on men鈥檚 team event bronze medal
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91香蕉视频 lost the third place playoff match and the bronze medal went to hosts Mauritius as they lost 0-3 in the table tennis men鈥檚 team event at the Centre de Tennis de Table, Beau-Bassin, Mauritius yesterday morning.
The team had earlier lost their semifinal match 0-3 against Reunion. This was their first ever semifinal match in an Indian Ocean Island Games competition.
The IOIG table tennis competition teed off on Saturdaywith the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 team events.
In the women鈥檚 category, 91香蕉视频 were drawn in group B alongside Madagascar and Reunionwhile the men鈥檚 team were drawn in group A alongside Comoros, Mayotte and Mauritius.
In men鈥檚 pool elimination matches, the 91香蕉视频 team comprising Godfrey Sultan, Nicholas Esther and Mario De Charmoy-Lablache beat Comoros 3-0 and also beat Mayotte 3-2 and lost 1-3 to Mauritius. Coming out second in the pool, they booked themselves a place for the cross knockout semifinal againstgroup B winners Reunion. The 91香蕉视频鈥� men鈥檚 team could not withstand the pressure from the Reunion side and lost the semifinal 0-3. Sultan lost the first game 0-3, De Charmoy-Lablache lost 1-3 and Esther lost his game 1-3.
Sultan, De Charmoy-Lablache and Esther lost 0-3 to the Mauritian team who won the bronze medal.De Charmoy-Lablache was the first to be eliminated on the 0-3 (11-13, 8-11, 11-13) score, followed by Sultan who lost 1-3 (13-15, 11-9, 10-12, 6-11) and Esther went down 0-3 (3-11, 13-15, 12-14).
鈥淎ll I can say is just hard luck for us otherwise we could have done better. The boys did play well but when the opponents are playing better than you that鈥檚 not your day. All the sets were very close in this bronze medal game but we just couldn鈥檛 get the break,鈥� said 91香蕉视频鈥� table tennis team coach, Pakistani Arif Khan. He also expressed his disappointment for not winning a medal(either silver or bronze) which he said they came so closeto win.
Coach Khan though hopes for better performances and why not medals in the remaining matches during the week.
In the women鈥檚 team event, 91香蕉视频 were drawn in pool B alongside Madagascar and Reunion. The team made up of Christy Kilindo, AnniessaBenstrong and Laura Sinon were eliminated in the pool stage after losing to Reunion. They started well by beating the same side 3-2 in their first encounter but lost by the same score (2-3) to Madagascar. The Reunion team managed to beat the Malagasy team 3-2 to book their place for the semifinal.
The gold medal for the men鈥檚 team event went to Reunion with a 3-1 win over Madagascar, while the Maldives took the women鈥檚鈥� team event gold medal with a 3-2 victory over hosts Mauritius. Madagascar won the bronze medal ahead of Reunion.
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Text and photos Patrick Joubert in Mauritius
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