Indian Men Finish Fifth, Win Gold in 1st Division at Tennis Championship

New Delhi: The Indian men's team finished fifth, its best ever results, after beating Hong Kong 3-1 in the ongoing 24th ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships at Yogyakarta on Wednesday. Concurrently, they also won gold in the 1st Division when they blanked Iran 3-0.

In the classification match for the fifth position, Indian team tried out a new opening with A. Sharath Kamal who, after the initial struggle, managed to put it across Lam Siu Hang 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 to provide the lead.

In the second tie, Anthony Amalraj had it rather easy, in spite of losing the first game, as he beat NG Pak Nam 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 while in the third singles, G. Sathiyan, defeated Kwan Man Ho 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 14-12. In the second and fourth games, which saw deuces, Sathiyan won the last on his second match-point. IANS

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