Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bows out in quarters

It was a disappointing result for the Indian, who had started his campaign here with a stunning 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 12-10 win over World No.6 and reigning European champion Darko Jorgic of Slovenia

Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran suffered a straight game loss to Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan in the quarter-finals to crash out of the men’s singles event of the WTT Contender in Zagreb, Croatia, on Saturday.

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Sathiyan, World No.34 in Table Tennis, lost 7-11, 9-11, 5-11 against the World No. 18 Chih-Yuan. It was a disappointing result for the Indian, who had started his campaign here with a stunning 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 12-10 win over World No.6 and reigning European champion Darko Jorgic of Slovenia.

Sathiyan then defeated 16-year-old Chen Yuanyu of China 11-9, 11-7, 12-10 to advance to the quarter-finals.

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