National Women's TT Team wins over Kyrgyzstan in Asian Championship

National Women's Table Tennis team has defeated Kyrgyzstan in the group stage of the Asian TT Championship that commenced in Kazakhstan yesterday.

Maldives won with 3-1 in yesterday's match.

Kudusova Saida of Kyrgyzstan beat Fathimath Dheema Ali in the first game.

The first set was won by Dheema with a score of 9-11. The next two sets were lost, with Saida taking the lead with 9-11 and 8-11. Dheema won by 10-12 in the third set, by Saida led with 10-12 in the best of three match, winning the game for Kyrgyzstan.

Aishath Rafa Nazim raised hopes for Maldives, beating Kyrgyzstan's Ramida Abdimitalipova with 2-3 games.

Rafa lost the first two sets of the game with 6-11, 11-13. She went on to win the next three sets, rising to take the lead, with 5-11, 11-13 and 8-11.

Maldives got the lead when Mishka Mohamed Ibrahim won the third games with three straight sets.

Mishka won the game against Kyrgyzstan's Raiana Muratalieva with 4-11, 6-11, and 10-12.

The winning match was taken by Dheema after beating Saida in three sets. This games' sets were won by Dheema with 8-11, 5-11 and 7-11 scores.

Today, Maldives will play against Sri Lanka.