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Tokyo Olympics table tennis: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashes out in second round
Updated On: 25 July, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Tokyo | IANS
Sathiyan, the World no 26, took three of the first four sets before losing the next three to crash out 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12 and 6-11 to Hang
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Sathiyan Gnanasekaran hits a shot against Hong Kong`s Lam Siu-hang during his men`s singles round 2 table tennis match. Pic Jung Yeon-je/AFP
Indian table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashed out of the men`s singles event at the Tokyo Olympics, losing 3-4 to Hong Kong`s Lam Siu Hang, ranked 95th in the world, in a second-round match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Sathiyan, the World no 26, took three of the first four sets before losing the next three to crash out 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12 and 6-11 to Hang. The match lasted an hour and three minutes. Sathiyan, who received a bye in the first round, had defeated Hang twice before -- 4-0 at the 2017 India Open and 4-1 at the Spanish Open later in the year.
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