SURAT: 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 on Friday.
Sharath was leading two games to one and 6-1 in the fourth game against Haryana's Soumyajit Ghosh when he called for medical attention and then decided to retire after a few minutes of treatment.