Sathiyan Gnanasekaran of India in action against Lam Siu Hang of Hong Kong. (Reuters)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 lose 3-4 to the 95th ranked Hong Kong player. The first game was tight but the Hong Kong player pulled away from 6-6 with his forehand at work. In the deciding game, Lam opened up a 5-2 lead with crushing forehand winner after a time out.

Source: Indian Express July 25, 2021 06:22 UTC