The 29-year-old, who along with Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, began the medal charge on the international stage, sees great promise and potential in the next line of players
Paddlers Harmeet Singh and Sanil Shetty, however, had to face a defeat in the quarter-finals against Zhe Yu Clarence and Shao Feng Ethan in the men's doubles.
Akula and Kamal defeated the Malaysian duo of Ho Ying and Leong Cheng Feng by 3-1. Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran defeated the Nigerian team consisting of Ajoke Ojomu and Olajide Omotayo by 3-0