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Achanta Sharath Kamal:  The Indian men's team launched its campaign in the Asian Games table tennis team competition with an easy 3-0 win against lowly Yemen in preliminary round Group F here on Friday.

The team comprising Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist Achanta Sharath Kamal, multiple-time National Champion G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai blanked Yemen 3-0 in the best of five matches encounter with all three Indians winning their respective matches without even breaking a sweat.

Sathiyan started the proceedings with an 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 win over OAA Ali of Yemen in the opening tie. Sharad Kamal then made it 2-0 for India with a straight games win over, EAM Gubran, winning 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 in the preliminary round match played at the GSP Gymnasium here.