Cwg 2022: CWG 2022: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran clinches bronze for India in Table Tennis Men’s Singles
Sathiyan defeated England’s Paul Drinkhall and won the match 4-3 against his English opponent.
He had progressed to the semifinals of the men’s singles event at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Sathiyan was stretched in his 4-2 (11-5 11-7 11-5 8-11 10-12 11-9) win by England’s Sam Walker.
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“It was a great match, all credit to Sam, he fought really hard. I really should have closed in that fifth set but I was a bit nervous,” Sathiyan had said.
“I have never beaten Sam, so this came into my mind and it was not so easy to play in a big match like this. I kept my cool in the end and I took the match to get my first (Commonwealth Games) semifinal so I’m really happy,” he added.
(With inputs from PTI)
