Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

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Career

2016: second Indian TT player to win ITTF event

PTI, Paddler Sathiyan wins historic title, Sep 27 2016

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has become only the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event as he clinched the men's singles title of the Belgium Open.

Sathiyan won his first pro title by defeating local player Nuytinck Cedric 4-0 in the final 15-13, 11-6, 11-2, 1715 at De Haan in Belgium.

Achanta Sharath Kamal was the first Indian to win an ITTF event (in 2012).

2021: national title

Sathiyan ends long wait for national title

Panchkula: G Sathiyan ended his long wait for a national title with a convincing 4-2 win over nine-time champion Sharath Kamal in the 82nd National Table Tennis Championships here on Tuesday. Sathiyan had rued his missed chances against Sharath in the final at Cuttack a couple of years ago. That win had put Sharath, the current world No. 32, on a high pedestal. On Tuesday, it was a different Sathiyan. So was Sharath, who was not at his usual self as he lost momentum in the fifth game of the men's singles final.