Indian table tennis players G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai reached the men’s doubles final of the WTT Contender Tunis after a stunning fightback to beat Hungary’s Nandor Ecseki and Adam Szudi 3-2 in Tunisia on Friday.
Sathiyan and Harmeet registered a spectacular come from behind victory, 8-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 in the semi-finals clash.
The Indian duo will take on Emmanual Lebesson and Alexandre Cassin of France in the finals.
Everyone loves a great comeback! 👏👏👏
— World Table Tennis (@WTTGlobal) October 29, 2021
🇮🇳 Indian duo Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran comes back from 0-2 down to beat 🇭🇺 Hungarian pair Nandor Ecseki & Adam Szudi 3-2 to reach #WTTTunis Final! #WTT #TableTennis #PingPong pic.twitter.com/uf9IMVcVBF
In the mixed doubles event, Sathiyan paired with top-ranked Indian paddler Manika Batra. The Indian duo lost 2-3 to the French combine of Emmanual Lebesson and Jia Nan Yuan in a close fought semifinal.
Sathiyan and Manika cruised to a two game lead but lost momentum conceding the match 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 9-11.
Later in the day, Sathiyan went down in straight games against Dang Qiu in the men’s singles quarterfinals, losing 5-11, 15-17, 6-11.
Yet another Amazing day here in Tunis winning all my matches in all 3 events today💪🇮🇳
— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (@sathiyantt) October 28, 2021
Stormed into the semifinals of Mixed Doubles & Men Doubles and entered the quarterfinals of Men singles in the WTT Contender Tunis 2021✌️✌️
Credits : @WTTGlobal #sathiyantt #tabletennis pic.twitter.com/fKWZLTg8bT
With PTI Inputs
