Panaji: Shamini Kumaresen won gold medal for India in the individual table tennis event at Lusofonia Games, beating her colleague Madhumita Patkar in six sets.
Kumaresan defeated Patkar by 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7 and 11-3.
While Madhumita bagged silver, Ankita Das the bronze.
In the men's quarter-finals, national champion Soumyajeet defeated Diago Pinho of Portugal by 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4 and 11-8 on the way to semis.
Harmeet Desai defeated his challenger Jorge Costa of Portugal by 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10 and 11-7 after conceding first set to Costa.
Andre Silva - the Lisbao Lusofonia games winner in men's singles - had to sweat it out to oust Anthony Amalraj of India in thrilling 7 sets.
He too reached the semis with 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9 and 11-7 even after trailing by first two sets.
In women's event, Patkar bagged silver by defeating first-seed Ankita Das (18) by 11-6, 12-14, 5-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6.
Das clinched bronze by beating Andre Recauel of Portugal by 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10.
In the second semis, Kumaresen, the Indian skipper in CWG, defeated Racquit Andrade of Portugal by 11-8, 11-9, 12-10 and 11-9 sets.
It will be all Portugal affairs in the men's doubles finals.
In the first semis, Jorge Costa and Diniz Cunha defeated Indian pair of Anthony Analraj and Adarsh Priyadarshan by 11-6, 11-5, 3-11 and 11-9 margin.
Andre Silva and partner defeated number one-seeded pair - Soumyajeet Ghosh and Harmeet Desai of India.
In the finals, Portuguese pair Andre Silva and Diago Silva defeated Jorge Costa and Dinis Cunha - also of Portugal- by 11-7, 9-11, 11-4 and 11-5 to clinch the gold in the category of men's doubles.
Costa and Cunha had to be content with silver medal.
Pair of Soumyajeet and Harmeet tamed Anthony Amalraj and Adarsh Priyaranjan - also from India - by 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6 to take the bronze medal.
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