India’s high paddler G Sathiyan beat Yevhen Ryshchepa of Ukraine comprehensively and in straight units 11-9, 11-6, 11-6,14-12 within the remaining of the Czech International desk tennis event at Olomouc in Czech Republic on Wednesday night time.
The Indian stormed into the ultimate after his semifinal rival Truls Moregard of Sweden conceded within the third recreation on account of again ache 11-4, 11-8, 8-2. Last week, the Swedish sensation had received the WTT Contender Budapest.
In the quarterfinal, Sathiyan accounted for Saudi Arabia’s Ali Alkhadrawi whereas in pre-quarters Sadi Ismailov of Russia was his sufferer and within the spherical of 32, the highest seed overcame Tomas Koldas Czech Republic. During all the event, the Chennai-born participant didn’t concede a single set to the rivals.
Proud second to be topped because the champion of ITTF Czech worldwide open 2021😁💪#sathiyantt #tabletennis #sports activities #ittf pic.twitter.com/HD9aKyxsl8
— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (@sathiyantt) August 25, 2021
This is simply his third ITTF Challenger title following triumphs in Belgium Open 2016 and Spanish Open 2017.
Sathiyan mentioned, “I’m extremely happy to win the men’s singles title in a dominant way and without dropping a set. This wait was worth it to lift my third ITTF title after a gap of four years” and thanked his private coach S Raman, a former nationwide champion, “for his valuable inputs and for always pushing me to break the barriers”.
In the ultimate, the 28-year-old Sathiyan too started nicely as his photographs – forehands, backhand and sidespins – landed completely as his Ukrainian rival, 36, struggled to get his acts collectively.
It was not Sathiyan all the way in which, although. In the fourth recreation, the Indian with a world rating of 39 in males’s singles survived 4 recreation factors towards the fourth-seeded Yevhen who’s world No. 111.
Last week at WTT Contender in Budapest, Sathiyan partnering Manikla Batra clinched the combined doubles title in fashion. According to the most recent ITTF world rankings launched, the Indians are positioned at 20. However, regardless of being top-seeded in males’s singles in Budapest, Sathiyan misplaced within the spherical of 16.
Six different Indians – Manav Thakkar, Snehit Suravajjula, Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath, and Jeet Chandra – have been within the fray. Archana, seeded tenth within the girls’s singles, reached the semifinals however misplaced to Mariia Tailakova of Russia 11-8, 4-11, 11-13, 12-14, 11-9, 10-12. In males’s singles, Manav and Snehit Suravajjula additionally misplaced within the singles spherical of 16.
Manav and Archana have been second seeds within the combined doubles however bowed out within the quarterfinals.
In the boys’s doubles, Snehit Suravajjula and Jeet Chandra misplaced to the English-Swedish pair of Samuel Walker and Truls Moregard within the semifinals.
