Sunday, April 07, 2019

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At LION 32nd ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 2019, Yokohama, Japan

Group C
[M1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Koki Niwa (JPN,8) 1-3 (7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 8-11)
[M2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Chih-Yuan Chuang (TPE,20) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-8)
[M3] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Sangsu Lee (KOR,6) 1-3 (7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 5-11)

[R1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ,53) 3-1 (11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
[QF] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Long Ma (CHN,11) 1-4 (5-11, 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 3-11)

[5-8 Postions] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Chun Ting Wong (HKG,14) 4-1 (12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8)
[5th Position] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Yun-Ju Lin (TPE,21) 0-4 (4-11, 8-11, 8-11, 12-14)

Sathiyan lost in the 5th position match against the talented 17 yrs. old Tapei teenager, Yun-Ju Lin, in straight games ... Before that, he scored an upset win over former WR #8 player, Chun Ting Wong, in five games.

In Group C, Sathiyan lost two matches against the WR #6 Korean, Sangsu Lee, and the WR #8 local player, Koki Niwa ... But he scored an upset win over the top-20 Taipei player, Chih-Yuan Chuang, for qualifying the knock-out stage.

In the round 1, Sathiyan defeated a Kazakh player, Kirill Gerassimenko, and first-time qualified for the quarter-final of Asian Cup ... In the quarters, he faced the regaining World champion and a current Olympic champion Long Ma ... Long Ma was playing the 2nd big ITTF tournament on 2019 after a longish break from the circuit ... Sathiyan lost in five games against the former WR #1 player.

Manika Batra needs to concentrate on her game ... Here she had a forgettable outing as she lost her all three matches in the Group against players whom she defeated her Gold medal run in the Commonwealth Games.

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