Table Tennis News

At Oman Open, Muscat, Oman (Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus)

[R1] Amalraj Anthony (IND,144) bt Kirill Skachkov (RUS,53) 4-2 (12-14, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7)
[R1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Martin Allegro (BEL,109) 4-2 (11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10)

[R2] Amalraj Anthony (IND,144) bt Tristan Flore (FRA,139) (11-6, 14-12, 11-7, 11-8)
[R2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Aliaksandr Khanin (BLR,92) 4-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7)

[R3] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Amalraj Anthony (IND,144) 4-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4)

[QF] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Emmanuel Lebesson (FRA,36) 4-1 (11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10))

[SF] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l (1) Mattias Falck (SWE,15) 3-4 (8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12)

A good outing for Sathiyan in the Oman Open ... He lost the semis against the top-20 Swede Mattias Falck ... Falck won the final game 10-12 ... Amalraj also gave a decent performance before losing to Sathiyan in the 3rd round.