: CWG 2022, Table Tennis: How Sreeja Akula reset and struck a historic gold with Sharath Kamal #IndiaNEWS For Sreeja Akula, solace was found in the badminton hall at the National Exhibition Centre in

CWG 2022, Table Tennis: How Sreeja Akula reset and struck a historic gold with Sharath Kamal #IndiaNEWS
For Sreeja Akula, solace was found in the badminton hall at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. In a week’s time, she and Achanta Sharath Kamal would become the first Indian paddlers to win gold in the mixed doubles event in the history of the Commonwealth Games. But she couldn’t have known that then. It was a day to rest and reset. A day earlier, on July 30, Akula remained undefeated in her singles tie, but was a part of the Indian women’s team – the defending champions – that lost out in the quarterfinal of the team table tennis event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. There was disappointment for a few hours, but she decided to take a day off to regroup before the individual events.A day later, on her 24th birthday, she spent the afternoon enjoying a meal with her coach and then cut a butterscotch birthday cake her teammates organised for her. The rest of the evening was all about watching badminton. No table tennis whatsoever.“This is my first Commonwealth Games and I had never really met any other athlete from any other sport,�? she told Scroll.in. “I met PV Sindhu and I got to see some of the...Read more

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