TABLE TENNIS – BAHRAIN split their two games yesterday to bow out of the men’s teams’ competition at the 29th ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships 2026, currently being played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The kingdom’s senior men’s table tennis national team first defeated Kyrgyzstan 3-0 in their preliminary round match, but then lost to Singapore 0-3 in round two.
The Bahrainis are in the Uzbek capital along with Bahrain Table Tennis Association (BTTA) president and Asian Table Tennis Union vice-president for West Asia Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, along with other high-ranking BTTA officials.
In their win against Kyrgyzstan yesterday, Mohamed Saleh battled back from a game down to beat Azamat Ergeshov 3-1 (17-19, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7) and then Rashed Sanad outplayed Tilek Moldaliev 3-0 (11-1, 11-6, 11-3). Salman Abuhamda then completed the sweep with a 3-1 (11-13, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8) triumph against Alisher Iakupbaev.
In their head-to-head with Singapore, Saleh lost to Koen Pang 0-3 (8-11, 5-11, 4-11) and then Sanad went down fighting to Josh Chua 1-3 (11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 10-12).
Ali Saleh then bowed to Nicholas Tan 0-3 (7-11, 5-11, 9-11) to wrap up their men’s teams’ campaign.
All four Bahrainis are also taking part in the championships’ men’s singles and men’s doubles.
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