Table Tennis
Asian Table Tennis Championships - Men's team in semifinal action - LIVE blog, Scores, Results, Updates
Packed day at the Asian TT Championships as Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan, Sutirtha Mukherjee will be in action. Follow LIVE.
Indian table tennis stars will fight for glory at the ongoing Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha as the Men's Team will try to upgrade their bronze medal as they take on a strong Korean side. All hopes rest on veteran paddlers Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to deliver.
The Women's Team comprising Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Archana Kamath and Sreeja Akula, also have clashes lined up against Thailand for Positions 5-6 and also a clash against Kazakhstan in the 1st Division Winner face-off, later in the day.
There will also be a Mixed Doubles clash featuring Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath while Sutirtha Mukherjee will open her Individual bid against Ali Maha of Qatar.
Follow all updates LIVE here:
Live Updates
- 1 Oct 2021 7:43 AM GMT
Harmeet Desai is trailing here in the first game
The Korean opponent is hardly sparing any time for Desai to settle as he leads 9-3!
- 1 Oct 2021 7:41 AM GMT
Harmeet Desai in action next against Seungmin Cho!
India has put up a great fight so far but the top seeds of Korea have proven to be too strong!
Time for Harmeet Desai to cause some damage.
- 1 Oct 2021 7:35 AM GMT
Sharath Kamal gives it everything - but he fails to come through!
Lee Sangsu gets four points in a row to seal the match - a marathon contest! Korea leads 2-0 in this tie now.
Lee Sangsu wins, 7-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-6, 11-19 in a 50 minute battle!
- 1 Oct 2021 7:28 AM GMT
Costly misses from Sharath Kamal as Sangsu leads by one point in the decider
Sharath Kamal has to bring out the big guns now as things are tense in the final game here! Sangsu leads 7-6!
- 1 Oct 2021 7:26 AM GMT
Both players are tied at 2 Games all, into the decider!
Sharath is giving it his all here against Sangsu but it is 5 ALL with the momentum constantly shifting!
- 1 Oct 2021 7:25 AM GMT
Sangsu gets Game 4 - into a decider we head!
Lee Sangsu races away to get the fourth game under his belt, 11-6, to force this match into a decider.
- 1 Oct 2021 7:20 AM GMT
Sangsu is slipping away with the momentum here!
Sharath pushes forward but he is trailing at 9-6!
