Why was the table tennis competition earlier?

The table tennis competitions were held earlier, and some of the top players competed while in China from September 30 to October 9. Harmeet Desai (Gujarat), a two-time gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, won the men's competition, while Sutirtha Mukherjee (West Bengal), a gold medalist at the 2018 CWG, won the women's competition. While Desai added another gold for Gujarat in the men's team competition, Sutirtha won two more golds with West Bengal in the team and women's doubles competitions.