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SURAT, Sept 23: Veteran paddler Sharath Kamal retired from his last-eight clash due to back pain while top seeds G Sathiyan and Manika Batra moved to the semifinals of their respective events at the National Games here on Friday.
Sharath was leading two sets to one and 6-1 in the fourth set against Haryana's Soumyajit Ghosh when he called for medical attention and then decided to retire after a few minutes of treatment.
Sathiyan, on the other hand, quelled the challenge of local paddler Manav Thakkar 4-1 in a fast-paced encounter.
Though Thakkar kept pace with the top seeds' style of play, he wasn't able to crack his defence when it mattered the most as Sathiyan won 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 13-11.
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