Table Tennis | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran loses in QF of Zagreb WTT Contender

By Anthony On Jun 18, 2022

India’s table tennis star Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost to Chuang Chih-Yuan 7-11 9-11 5-11 in the quarterfinals of the WTT Contender 2022

Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran suffered a straight game loss to Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan in the quarterfinals to crash out of the men’s singles event of the WTT Contender 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia on Saturday.

Sathiyan, ranked 34 in the world, lost 7-11 9-11 5-11 against the World No. 18 Chih-Yuan.

It was a disappointing result for the Indian, who had started his campaign here with a stunning 6-11 12-10 11-9 12-10 win over world no. 6 and reigning European champion Darko Jorgic of Slovenia.

Sathiyan then defeated 16-year-old Chen Yuanyu of China 11-9 11-7 12-10 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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????HUGE UPSET ALERT????

Went all guns blazing as I secured a MASSIVE WIN tonight taking down the World Rank 6 & current European cup champion Jorgic Darko (SLO) 3-1 in the Men Singles Round of 32 here in WTT Contender Zagreb 2022 ????
Thank you @sramantt sir???????? pic.twitter.com/etyH8WBxhu

— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran OLY (@sathiyantt) June 16, 2022

Sathiyan is part of the Indian table tennis squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games which is scheduled to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8.

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