Indian men’s Table Tennis team loses to Chinese Taipei in semifinals, signs off with bronze at Asian Championships | Sport-others News
The Indian men’s table tennis team signed off with a bronze medal after going down 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in the Asian Championships semifinal here on Wednesday.Most Read
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In a disappointing display, both veteran Sharath Kamal and the experienced G Sathiyan surrendered meekly to their higher-ranked opponents while Harmeet Desai showed the stomach for a fight.
We win as a team, we lose as a team. Great team effort has got team India 2 bronze medals in the Mens team at 2 consecutive ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships!
Will now be competing in the Men’s Singles and Doubles Events. 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/jbgyhkfyfQ
— Sharath Kamal OLY (@sharathkamal1) September 6, 2023
Sharath was handed a 6-11, 6-11, 9-11 defeat Chuang Chih-Yuan, ranked 26th, while Sathiyan went down 5-11, 6-11, 10-12 to world number 7 Lin Yun-Ju as the third-seeded Indian team trailed 0-2.
Playing to stay alive in the tie, Harmeet, the country’s highest-ranked player at 63, gave India some hope as he took a game off Kao Cheng-Jui. But the world number 33 sealed the tie for Chinese Taipei, seeded second, with a 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9 win.
At the Asian Championships, the losing semifinals are also awarded bronze medals.
