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India’s top-ranked Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal won a five-game thriller to propel to the second round of the World Table Tennis Contender event in Doha. Meanwhile, the world no. 37 Gnanasekaran Sathiyan crashed out of the tourney after being outclassed by Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri.

Indian Table Tennis sensation Gnansekaran Sathiyan claimed his maiden national championship title after he got the better of long-time rival Achanta Sharath Kamal, at the Tau Devi Lal Indoor Stadium, in Panchkula. Previously, Manika Batra emerged victorious in the women’s singles days before that.

Indian paddler Gnanasekaran Sathiyan admitted that he was flooded with offers from the Japanese T-League after he defeated local prodigy Harimoto Tomokazu. The Chennai-based player is currently stranded at his residence during the lockdown, even though he is busy sparring with his robot.