The Indian duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan capped their fantastic run at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open with a silver medal...
The Indian duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan capped their fantastic run at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open with a silver medal in the men’s doubles on Saturday.
They went down 1-3 in the final to second seeds Germany’s Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska, a day after stunning top seeds Kwan Kit Ho and Chun Ting Wong of Hong Kong in the semi-finals.
The Indian qualifiers lost the match 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 in four games, after clawing back from a 0-2 deficit to take the third game.
This was the first time that the Indian pair had reached the final in the men’s doubles category at a World Tour event.
On Thursday, Sharath and Sathiyan had beaten home favourites Nandor Ecseki and Adam Szudi in the quarter-finals, after having sent the Japanese pair of Shunsuke Togami and Yukia Uda packing in the previous round.
“Generally both of us are quite emotional and expressive, it just pumps us up and gives us confidence. It is also the first time we have beaten Wong and Ho, so personally I am very happy,” Sharath Kamal had said after the semi-final win.
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