Beijing Olympics: Neha crashes out of table tennis

It was all over for Neha in the fourth game as the Australian had taken an unassailable 3-1 lead by then, but she had to play the fifth game only for formalities.

It was all over for Neha in the fourth game as the Australian had taken an unassailable 3-1 lead by then, but she had to play the fifth game only for formalities and Lay virtually ambled her way to win the game 11-4.

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"I think I played a decent match. Of course I could have done better and should have won it, but still I'm carrying a lot of positives," Neha said after the match.

"Having lost to her twice in the past -- both were close matches -- I was determined to make amends this time but towards the end, things didn't go my way. Her backhand was better than mine and I was missing my smashes as well.

"She was hardly missing anything. All of a sudden, she came blazing all guns and I just could not cope with that," she said.

"Still it was overall a great experience and I'm happy that I tried my best," Neha added.