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 6:48 AM GMT
Great service from Sharath!
Experience counts no matter what and Sharath's service plays out favourably for him, gifting him a 7-4 lead! Let's gooo!
- 1 Oct 2021 6:47 AM GMT
Sharath Kamal is yet to find his groove here!
Sangsu attacks and chips well, Sharath Kamal is still settling in here. It is 4 ALL.
- 1 Oct 2021 6:43 AM GMT
Time for the veteran - Sharath Kamal in action next!
Sharath Kamal will hope to get things in a better shape as he faces off against the World No. 22, Lee Sangsu from Korea!
Let's go!
- 1 Oct 2021 6:41 AM GMT
Great fight from Sathiyan but it was the World No. 11 who had the last word
Sathiyan kept toe to toe of the Korean in the match but fails to get India on the board against the top-seeded Korean side.
Sathiyan loses 11-5, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5 in a battle of 35 minutes.
- 1 Oct 2021 6:36 AM GMT
Dynamic range of shots from both players!
Th competition is kept intense here as it is 3 ALL on the board with both players mixing up their shots and keeping things extremely dynamic here!
- 1 Oct 2021 6:33 AM GMT
Sathiyan fails to hold the lead, Woo-jin overtakes!
Game 3 is also a nail-biter with both Sathiyan and Woo-jin keeping close on the board, but it is ultimately the Korean who gets the third game, 11-8!
Woo-jin leads with 2 games to 1 for Sathiyan.
