CHENNAI: Star paddler G Sathiyan, who is currently featuring at the Polish League, will be joining the national camp on September 11. Sathiyan had earlier sought exemption from being part of the camp which commenced on Thursday. Sathiyan, who featured at the World TT Contender in Hungary and the Czech Open last month, will be … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s leading table tennis players G Sathiyan and Manika Batra have sought an exemption from the national federation TTFI for the national camp beginning in Sonepat on Thursday, making them ineligible for selection for the upcoming Asian Championships as per the new rules. Manika wants to continue with her training regimen in Pune … Read more
OLOMOUC (Czech Republic): Star Indian paddler G Sathiyan on Wednesday notched up a dominating 4-0 win over Yevhen Pryshchepa of Ukraine in the summit clash to claim the men’s singles title at the ITTF Czech International Open. The top seeded Indian, ranked 39 in the world, beat Yevhen 11-0, 11-6, 11-6, 14-12 in the final. … Read more
BUDAPEST: India’s Manika Batra and G Sathiyan tasted instant success on their return as a mixed doubles pairing by winning the title at the WTT Contender here on Friday. The Indian duo, who had last played together in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, outplayed Hungary’s Dora Madarasz and Nandor Ecseki 3-1 to win the mixed doubles … Read more
It was not an Olympics debut paddler G Sathiyan would want to remember. The 28-year-old went down 3-4 (7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12, 6-11) to Hong Kong’s Lam Siu Hang in the second round at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. The 26th seeded Sathiyan, who received a bye in the first round, lost the … Read more
TOKYO: Indian table tennis player G Sathiyan suffered an upset defeat at the hands of lower-ranked Siu Hang Lam to make an early exit from the men’s singles competition at the Tokyo Games, here on Sunday. Ranked 38 and seeded 26th, Sathiyan had a commanding 3-1 lead but lost four games in a row to … Read more
