Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- Sri Lankan women's table tennis team led by Bimandee Bandara performed well to defeat Macau China 3-1 in the ITTF Asian Team Championship yesterday at Bhubaneswar, India. This victory allowed Sri Lanka to secure a place among first 12 to get qualification for the next year's World Championship in England.

Thamadi Kavindya won a hard fought battle over Macau opponent Seak Hui Li in first game, but finally Seak won 3-2. However skipper Bimandee Bandara continued her form in the second singles defeating Huang Cheng Leng with 3-1 lead and equaled the game 1-1.

Samalsha Dewmi the third Sri Lankan player had good battle against Cheong Chi Hun in their third game and Samalsha fought back strongly to win the game 3-2 (12-1...