Comprising of debutants, the Tamil Nadu women’s team entered the medal round of the table tennis event of the 36th National Games, with a thrilling 3-2 win over Karnataka, here on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu will now face top seed Maharashtra, which had an all-win record in Group-A, in the semifinals on Wednesday. The former was a bronze medallist at the last Games in 2015.
In the last women’s Group-B match of the day to decide the second team to qualify for the last four, Tamil Nadu pipped Karnataka 3-2 to book its spot. In the fifth and deciding rubber, C.R. Harshavardini fought back, after losing the first two games, to overcome V. Kushi 5-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6.