G. Sathiyan, Manika Batra storm into WTT Contender semifinals

January 19, 2023 8:22 PM

G. Sathiyan, Manika Batra storm into WTT Contender semifinals

Indian mixed doubles duo of G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra stormed into the WTT Contender semifinals with a 3-0 win over World No. 9 Spanish pair of Maria Xiao and Alvaro Robles in Doha on Thursday. Continuing its splendid run, the Indian duo took less than 24 minutes to wrap the proceedings 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 and set up a last-four clash against Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin, the world No. 20 duo from Korea. Sathiyan and Manika had won a silver at the WTT Contender Nova Gorica in Slovenia last Novemb...

Table Tennis: Sathiyan becomes second Indian to enter Asian quarters

September 20, 2019 7:30 PM

Table Tennis: Sathiyan becomes second Indian to enter Asian quarters

In Table Tennis, G Sathiyan today became only the second Indian to reach the men's singles quarterfinals at the Asian Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Sathiyan, currently the top-ranked Indian in the world, hardly broke a sweat as he notched up a 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 win against his North Korean opponent An-Ji Song in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 22 minutes. The Indian, ranked 30 in the world, will take on world number 4 Chinese Lin Gaoyuan in the quarterfinals.