India Table Tennis Team News

India are in contention for a couple of more medals in table tennis in the Men's singles event.

While the team of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanassekaran will take part in the Gold medal match in the Men's doubles, the duo will also have a chance at singles glory in their respective semi finals.

India’s Sreeja Akula qualified for the main draw of the 2021 WTT Contender Lasko after having the better of Egypt’s Hana Goda 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-8) in the fourth round of qualifiers. Meanwhile, Krittwika Roy, Manav Thakkar, and Anthony Amalraj all lost their respective matches and crashed out.

The men’s doubles pair of Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Manika Batra claimed top honours at the 2021 WTT World Contender Tunis, in Turkey, on Saturday. The Indian duo defeated the French pair of Emmanuel Lebesson and Alexandre Cassin in the final with scores of 11-9, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5.