Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- Sri Lanka men's and women's teams off to a winning start at the 28th ITTF - ATTU Asian Table Tennis Team Championship which is now in progress in Bhubaneswar, India.

At the men's team event Sri Lanka beat Kyrgyzstan 3-1 in their group 1 first game while Sri Lanka girls' team defeated Mongolia 3-0 in their group 1 game yesterday to get good start in this highly competitive Asian TT championship .

According to the ranking Sri Lanka men's team is at 15th position while women's team is at 16th position.

In the men's team event Sri Lankan made good battle against Kyrgyzstan but Nimesh Ranchagoda couldn't win his first single game. The men's team skipper Chameera Ginige came to the winning track making hard fought 11-6,...