Indian men's paddlers win, women lose

Glasgow, July 27 (IANS) Indian men's paddlers won their quarterfinal match at the Commonwealth Games here Saturday, while the women's team lost their semifinal.

Indian men defeated Scotland 3-0 and will now take on England in the semifinal Sunday. Meanwhile Indian women, silver medallists four years ago at home, lost their semifinal to Singapore 1-3 and will face Australia for the team bronze Sunday.

Soumyjit Ghosh took off well as he beat local boy Gavin Rumgay 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-6). Veteran A. Sharath Kamal won the second singles 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8) against Craig Howieson to give India an unassailable 2-0 lead.

Then Harmeet Desai and Ghosh drubbed Sean Doherty and Howieson 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8) to give India, bronze medallists in 2010 Delhi, a 3-0 win.

Earlier, the Indian women's team failed to qualify for the summit clash losing to defending champions Singapore at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.

In the first singles, Tianwei Feng defeated Shamini Kumaresan 3-0 (11-1, 13-11, 11-5) but Manika Batra drubbed Mengyu Yu 3-2 (11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7) to level the tie at 1-all.

However, Ye Lin and Mengyu won the doubles clash defeating Madhurika Patkar and Shamini 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-5) to take a 2-1 lead, which they extended in the next match when Ye beat Manika 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5) to win the tie 3-1.

Earlier, India had beaten New Zealand 3-0 in the quarterfinals.