A bittersweet day in Table Tennis

Bangladesh had a bittersweet day at the NEC Table Tennis court in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as there was a great comeback and also an unfortunate walkover.

Rifat Sabbir made a great comeback from the edge of elimination and won against his opponent from Maldives by 4-3 sets in the men’s singles.

Rifat lost the first two sets to Moosa Munsif Ahmed by 8-11 and 5-11 points. He won the next two by 11-6 and 11-4 points. After that, he lost again in the fifth set by 7-11 but he staged a great comeback by winning back-to-back matches by 11-8 and 11-7 points.

Ramhimlian Bawm, another Bangladesh player in the men’s singles, lost to Shemar Britton from Guyana by 4-1. He won the fourth set by 11-8 but could not make a comeback like Rifat Sabbir.

In his first match, Rahmhimlian Bawm also lost to Owen Cathcart from Northern Ireland by 4-0.

In women’s singles, Sadia Rahman Mou defeated Roana Abel from Vanuatu 4-0 in her first match.

In the second match, she lost to Esther Oribamise by the same margin. Sonam Sultana defeated Connie Sifi from the Solomon Islands 4-0, but in her second match, she had to give a walkover to Canada’s Katherine Morin due to injury.

Earlier on Tuesday, in men’s Boxing, Bangladesh’s Hossain Ali lost to Uganda’s Owen Issac Kibira in the Welterweight category 5-0.