Sporting Digest: Table Tennis

COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hyderabad): Men's team event: Group A: England bt Uganda w/o; Singapore bt Scotland 5-3 (Meng Lai Khai lost to B Wright 19-21 20-22; Guan Koh Chin bt G Innes 21-7 21-14; Fai Sen Yew lost to I Stokes 17-21 17-21; Guan bt B Wright 21-16 15-21 21-18; Meng lost to I Stokes 16-21 21-16 17-21; Fai Sen Yew bt Innes 21-8 19-21 21-15; Guan bt Stokes 21-12 21-16; Fai bt Wright 18-21 21-19 21-17); Singapore bt Uganda w/o; England bt Scotland 5-0 (M Syed bt Wright 21-8 21-16; C Oldfield bt Innes 21-4 21-14; A Cooke bt Stokes 21-11 21-7; Oldfield bt Wright 21-17 21-14; Syed bt Stokes 21-13 21-13). Group B: Australia bt Hong Kong 5-3; Canada bt Hong Kong 5-1; Australia bt New Zealand 5-0. Group C: Mauritius bt Nigeria w/o; Malaysia bt Nigeria w/o. Group D: India bt Cyprus 5-0; Northern Ireland bt Tanzania w/o; India bt Northern Ireland 5-0 (A Basak bt A Dennison 21-16 21-11; S Ghorpade bt H Meneel 21-10 21-6; C Baboor bt R Glass 21-5, 21-9; Basak bt Meneel 21-10 21-14; Baboor bt Dennison 21-12 27-25). Second stage: England 5 Mauritius 0 (Cooke bt S Mackay 21-6 21-11; A Eden bt C Chung 21-5 21-9; Syed bt D Hao 21-9 21-12; Cooke bt Chung 21-13 21-10; Syed bt Mackay 21-5 21-14). Women's team events: Group A: New Zealand bt Nigeria w/o; Hong Kong bt Tanzania w/o; Hong Kong bt New Zealand 3-0. Group B: Scotland bt Uganda w/o; England bt Uganda w/o; England 3 Scotland 0 (A Holt bt J Smith 21-16 21-9; A Gordon bt D Walker 21-11 21-12; Holt and L Lomas bt Smith and Walker 21-15 21-18). Group C: Malaysia bt Northern Ireland 3-0 (Chong Choi Thing bt E Chewers 21-18 21-6; Phua Been Sim bt J Thompson 21-7 21-11; Chong and Phua bt Chewers and Thompson 21-18 21-9); Canada bt Northern Ireland 3-0 (B Chiu bt Chewers 21-18 21-13; Tong May Hui bt Thompson 21-12 21-9; Chiu and Tong bt Chewers and Thompson 21-13 21- 10). Group D: India bt Singapore 3-2; Australia bt Singapore 3-2.