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G Sathiyan was the lone survivor at the 2019 ITTF World Championships as the Indian edged past Christian Pletea of Romania 11-5 11-9 6-11 11-7 11-6 in a round of 64 match in Budapest.        File image of G Sathiyan AFP      The world No. 28 will meet Hugo Calderano of Brazil, ranked No.  stanley becher 7, in the round of 32 later Wednesday.    Sathiyan, who beat Belgian Robin Devos in the first round 4-0, had little difficulty against Pletea, ranked 131, as he disposed of him in  stanley water bottle 35 minutes. Sathiyan, leading 2-0, lost the third game as the Romanian won six consecutive points to cause a minor ripple. But the Indian was up to the task to sew it up winning the next two games.  Sharath Kamal, on the other hand, was woefully out of sorts against Tomislav Pucar of Croatia when he went down 9-11 10-12 11-8 4-11 9-11 in the round of 64. The Indian, ranked No. 36, failed to come to grips against the world No. 58, who had a better control over the match and Sharath. The Indian, however, registered a 4-0 win over Uzbeks Zokhid Kenjaev in the first round.  Manav Thakkar, who had made the main draw cut, failed to go past Austrian Robert Gardos despite a very good fight. The young Indian paddler lost 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 2-11, 10-12, 6-11 in the round of 128.  Both Manika Batra and Suthirta Mukherjee ended their world championships campaign, bowing ou stanley cup t in round of 64 Tuesday night.  Taipeis Szu-Yu Chen beat Manika 11-2, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 as the world No. 24 needed mere 34 minutes against the wor Jaqn Roger Federer withdraws from ATP Rogers Cup in Toronto
Isnt a record of four wins out of five matches impressive  Not really, when two of those wins were a shaky performance against Afghanistan and an inconsequential league game against England. Not being able to fi vaso stanley nish in the top two in a four-team group will be counted as India s failure.            The inability to qualify for the World Twenty20 semifinals has put a question mark on the effectiveness of MS Dhoni and Duncan Fletcher. Since the two got together, success away from home has eluded the team. Their only claim to fame can be the West Indies Test series win in 2011.   Since then, India were routed in England and Australia, failed to make the finals of the one-day Tri-series in Australia and the Asia Cup in Dhaka. The debacle here has added insult to injury. The two are regarded among the shrewdest brains in cricket but have failed to click.  Leadership slump  Dhoni is a pale shadow of what he was during his partnership with Gary Kirsten, and the T20 event in Sri Lanka is the latest example. In a format where one mistake can cost you the game, India failed to find a settled combination right till their exit.      For all the experi stanley becher ments by Dhoni and Fletcher, they could not get the team balance right. They remained in stanley ca  a dilemma over whether to pick a six batsmen-five bowler combination or play seven batsmen and four bowlers, and whether to play three pacers or an extra spinner.  Once the England batsmen floundered against spin, India fielded the same combination of fiv