The men's table tennis team topped the group with an all-win record.
India trounced hosts Australia 3-0 to win all their four league matches in the men's table tennis tournament.
In an embarrassment to India, the country has been warned of heavy penalty by the Olympic Council of Asia if it withdraws from sending teams in a few disciplines in the upcoming Asian Games, a development which led to the IOA slamming some government officials for "ruining sport".
Murray was made to fight for two hours and 52 minute
The former beat defending champion Subhajit Saha to win the men's singles title while defending champion Mouma Das beat top seed Poulomi Ghatak to retain her crown.
The fifth seeded Indian ace will take on top seed Gao Ning of Singapore.
Achanta Sharath Kamal's heroics notwithstanding, the Indian men's team started their campaign on a disastrous note, losing 1-3 to Japan in a Group 'A' league match of the table tennis competition in the Asian Games.
Achanta Sharath Kamal became the India's first paddler to reach the semi-finals of an ITTF pro-tour event, at the Brazil Open.
It's a big day for India today as medals will be few good ties away from the athletes at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
India lost their last league match 1-3 to Bulgaria in the world table tennis championship
The Indian men's team lost 2-3 to Singapore in the World Table Tennis Championships.
India went down 1-3 to the Czech Republic in the women's division of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Indian men and women experienced contrasting fortunes at the World Team Table Tennis Championships as the former blanked Nigeria 3-0 but the eves went down 2-3 to Australia.
Mouma Das played a stellar role in a 3-2 victory over Canada in the play-off at the Commonwealth Games
The veteran defeated Prithviraj in the National Table Tennis Championship.
The sports tournament for MPs was conducted in New Delhi.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing atthe Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sunday.
Chetan Baboor, Mouma Das, Sharath Kamal and Montu Das scored their second wins to make the grade.
The Chennai paddler feels that it's about time that he changes colour of the medal to gold during the upcoming edition in Gold Coast.
Their boys and girls' teams proved too good for Korea in the finals.
Also seen in action for India will be the shuttlers, boxers, the women's hockey team and the table tennis players among others.
Their men's and women's teams won the gold medal in the National Games table tennis team event.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Chinese paddlers won the boys and girls' singles crowns and clinched the top spot in girls' doubles.
The Indian paddlers marched steadily in the preliminary rounds in the individual events of the SAF Games.
Both the girls teams booked their berth in the semi-finals of the World Junior Circuit Table Tennis championship.
India beat Slovenia in the league phase in both the men's and women's section in the World Team Table Tennis Championship.
The top women's table tennis player Zhang Yining broke her tailbone during a training session in Zhengding in Hebei province.
The team, comprising Madhurika Patkar, Sushmita Roy, Mousumi Paul and Sangeetha Seshadri beat the United States 3-2 to finish in the top 10.
They respectively claimed the sub-junior boys and girls' titles in the 66th Nat. Sub-Junior and Inter-state Table Tennis championships.
They won the boys and girls' titles respectively in the Jr Asian TT championship.
China chose a sports contest to announce the change of the name of Taiwan, a self-governed cash-rich island.
Indians impressed on the opening day of the World TT championships, with three of the five players in action winning their preliminary matches.
Niu Jianfeng and Guo Yue lost 4-2 to compatriots Wang Nan and Zhang Yining in the women's doubles table tennis semi-finals.
Commonwealth and national champion Sharath Kamal turned in a smart display to defeat Boudjadja Mohamed in the first round of the men's singles table tennis competition.
The 20-year-old table tennis ace, who earned an Olympic berth from the Beijing qualifier, is fine-tuning her game at the SAI Centre in Kolkata.
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