Indian Men’s Team Secures Bronze Medal at Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023
The Indian men’s table tennis team comprising a mix of experienced as well as youth talent of Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost 0-3 in the final four. The two losing semi-finalists are awarded bronze medals at the competition.
The Indian men’s team secured a bronze medal finish at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023 after falling short in their semi-final clash against Chinese Taipei in Pyeongchang, the Republic of Korea, on Wednesday. The Indian men’s table tennis team comprising a mix of experienced as well as youth talent of Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost 0-3 in the final four. The two losing semi-finalists are awarded bronze medals at the competition. Novak Djokovic Sings 'Fight For Your Right' by The Beastie Boys With the Crowd in US Open 2023, Video Goes Viral!.
Commonwealth Games champion Sharath Kamal opened the proceedings for the Indian men’s team and lost 0-3 to Chuang Chih-Yuan, who is a former doubles world champion. In the second match, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran fell 0-3 to Lin Yun-Ju, who was one-half of the men’s doubles bronze medal-winning team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In the must-win third match of the tie, India’s Harmeet Desai fought hard but fell short with a score of 1-3 to Kao Cheng-Jui. The Indian men’s team, seeded third in the tournament, had earlier defeated Singapore 3-0 to seal a spot in the final four and ensured a medal on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Indian women's team of Manika Batra, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee lost 0-3 to Thailand to finish sixth in the tournament.
The Indian trio had previously registered a 3-2 win over Singapore in a 5-8 position play-off tie earlier on the same day. The Indian women's team’s medal prospects ended after a 0-3 defeat to Japan in the quarter-finals on Monday. US Open 2023: Coco Gauff Reaches Her First Semifinal at Age 19; Novak Djokovic Makes It To Last Four for Record 47th Time in Grand Slams.
In the mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost 2-3 to Thailand’s Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang in the round of 32 on Tuesday. Another Indian pair of Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula lost 0-3 to the top-seeded Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata of Japan in the round of 32. The Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023 also served as a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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