Success eludes New Zealanders
NZPA-Reuter Bombay There were no startling upsets on the opening day of the individual events of the sixth Commonwealth table tennis championships at Bombay in India yesterday. But both Nigeria’s Atanda Musa and England’s Paul Day, who have been seeded to meet in the final, had to battle hard in the men’s singles event. New Zealand entrants in the competition did not have a successful day. Barry Griffiths was narrowly beaten by Donald Parker (England) 21-12, 21-17,
15-21, 21-11. while Zoran Kosanovic (Canada) beat Geoff Rau 21-9. 21-16, 21-18. K. Mehta and S. Ghorpade (India) beat Griffiths and Rau in the doubles 26-24, 2114. 21-19 and S. Ramaswamy and P. Vyas (India) beat G. Lassen (New Zealand) and D. Hannah (Scotland) 21-19, 1921. 21-13, 21-10. The strength of fifthseeded Donald Parker, the English coach, lay in his defence. He repeatedly returned fiery smashes to frustrate Barry Griffiths of New Zealand and advance at 2112. 21-17, 15-21, 21-11.
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