Pune, 26 Jul: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran outclassed veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal as Dabang Delhi TTC defeated defending champions Chennai Lions 9-6 to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 here on Wednesday.
\nThe Delhi franchise made its way to the last four with 42 points, whereas 41 points were enough for Chennai Lions to reach the semi-finals.
\nSathiyan defeated Sharath 3-0 in the first match of the tie to give his franchise a perfect start.
\nBoth the paddlers went toe-to-toe in the first game as they used their experience to win every point. In the end, the Dabang Delhi player held his nerve and won the game through a golden point.
\nThe multiple-time Asian Games medallist looked rusty at the start of the second game as Sathiyan quickly took a hefty lead before clinching the game 11-3. He was at his imperious best in the third game as well, clinching it 11-6 with accurate forehand shots on both flanks.
\nWorld no. 30 Yangzi Liu defeated Sreeja Akula 2-1 in an exciting women’s singles match to bring Chennai Lions back in the tie.
\nYangzi was behind at the start of the game as Sreeja used her immaculate back-hands to gather points swif-tly. However, the Australian paddler changed gears after settling in and won the opening game 11-8.
\nSreeja made a comeback to clinch the following game 11-8 and forced the match into the decider. Liu won the last game 11-8 to win the match.
\nThe third match (mixed doubles) of the tie went in the favour of Sathiyan and Barbora Balazova who defeated Sharath and Yangzi 2-1 to extend their franchise’s lead.
\nSathiyan and Barbora clinched the first two games 11-7 11-6 with precise coordination before losing the third by 7-11. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pune, 26 Jul: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran outclassed veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal as Dabang Delhi TTC defeated defending champions Chennai Lions 9-6 to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 here on Wednesday. The Delhi franchise made its way to the last four with 42 points, whereas 41 points were enough for Chennai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-221213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}