Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. (X)
Sathiyan received the higher of compatriot Manav Vikash Thakkar 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4) in an all-Indian summit conflict, thereby changing into the primary-ever Indian paddler to elevate a males’s Singles trophy on the WTT occasion.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran turned the primary-ever Indian paddler to elevate a males’s Singles trophy at a WTT Feeder Series occasion, beating compatriot Manav Vikash Thakkar 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4) in the summit conflict of the WTT Feeder right here in the Lebanese Capital.
Seeded at No.11 for the occasion, Gnanasekaran loved a rewarding path to the ultimate, taking down No.5 seed Harmeet Desai (15-13, 6-11, 11-8, 13-11) and high seed Chuang Chih-Yuan (11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9) en path to title triumph.
It was the primary time two Indian gamers contested for the lads’s singles ultimate in the WTT Feeder occasion.
The consequence marked Gnanasekaran’s first males’s singles success at a WTT occasion, and his first singles title at a world rating occasion because the ITTF Czech International Open 2021, in accordance with WTT stats.
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Manav beat former World Championships bronze medallist An Jaehyun of Korea in straight video games 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 12-10) to make the ultimate.
Manav had a busy day in Beirut as he was concerned in all three finals – males’s singles, males’s doubles and combined doubles – however ended up falling one step quick in all three matches.
Diya Chitale and Manush Shah defeated Manav and Archana Kamath 3-1 (11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6) to be topped champions in the combined doubles.
Despite arising in opposition to larger-ranked compatriots in the ultimate, Shah and Chitale appeared convincing and dominated proceedings.
The doubles second of the week undoubtedly belonged to Andy Pereira and Jorge Campos, who’re the primary pair from Cuba to strike WTT title success after beating the Indian duo Manav and Manush Utpalbhai Shah to the lads’s doubles crown with a 3-1 win (5-11, 11-7, 13-11, 14-12).
Two ladies’s pairs — Poymantee Baisya/Ayhika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale — made it to the semifinal however did not make it to the title match.
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