Sathyan in the final of the National Championship for the sixth time
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JammuTop seed Sathyan Gnanasekaran stormed into the final of the tournament for the sixth time with a 4-2 win over Manav Thakkar in the 84th Senior National Table Tennis Championship on Monday. Former national champion Sathyan defeated Manav 13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 9-11, 11-5 in the men’s singles semi-finals of the tournament held at the Gymnasium Hall of University of Jammu. In the final, Sathyan will face Harmeet Desai, who is coming after defeating Manush Shah 4-3 in the semi-finals.
Harmeet then defeated Manush Shah 11-6, 3-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6 in a thrilling semi-final. Sathyan would like to beat Harmeet in the final on Monday to become the national champion for the second time. Meanwhile, Sutirtha Mukherjee defeated Ayhika Mukherjee 12-10, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10 in the women’s singles semi-finals to move into the title clash.
Sreeja Akula defeated Archana Kamat 11-9, 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 5-11, 11-7 in the second women’s singles semi-final. In Monday’s final, Sutirtha will be eyeing her third title, while defending champion Sreeja will be eyeing her second consecutive gold.
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