London: Indian challenge in table tennis came to an end as young paddler Soumyajit Ghosh crashed out after suffering a 1-4 thrashing at the hands of North Korea's Hyok Bong Kim in a second round men's singles encounter here on Sunday.
The 19-year-old player from Siligury lost 11-9 6-11 5-11 9-11 7-11 at the ExCel centre, a day after women's singles representative Ankita Das bowed out in the first round.
Soumyajit started off well, winning the first game, but lost the plot thereafter, losing four games in a row.
It took the Korean just 25 minutes to see off the Indian who was making his maiden appearance at the mega event.
Soumyajit had made a memorable debut at the Games by winning his first-round match against Brazilian Gustavo Tsuboi 4-2 on Saturday.
But unlike his opening match, Soumyajit was not his usual self and made quite a few errors, which proved crucial in the end.
The match ended when Soumyajit netted a backhand following a long rally.
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