Goa, Feb 27 (Ians) Indian paddlers Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty made it to the round two of the qualifiers of the World Table Tennis (Wtt) Star Contender Goa, in contrasting fashion, here on Monday.
Harmeet, ranked 141 in the world, fought off a tough challenge from Englishman Tom Jarvis, ranked above him at 121, in round one of the qualifiers while Sanil Shetty (210), also won his round one match quite comfortably against countryman Yashansh Malik.
Harmeet lost the first game, but continued to be in the ascendency after that and despite a fight back by Tom, the Indian was able to close out in a tight finish. He won the best of five encounter 3-2 with the scores in his favour reading 9-11,12-10,12-10, 11-13 and 12-10.
Sanil in comparison breezed through his match, defeating Yashansh 3-0 in no time at the tournament hosted by Stupa Sports Analytics.
“Quite happy that...
Harmeet, ranked 141 in the world, fought off a tough challenge from Englishman Tom Jarvis, ranked above him at 121, in round one of the qualifiers while Sanil Shetty (210), also won his round one match quite comfortably against countryman Yashansh Malik.
Harmeet lost the first game, but continued to be in the ascendency after that and despite a fight back by Tom, the Indian was able to close out in a tight finish. He won the best of five encounter 3-2 with the scores in his favour reading 9-11,12-10,12-10, 11-13 and 12-10.
Sanil in comparison breezed through his match, defeating Yashansh 3-0 in no time at the tournament hosted by Stupa Sports Analytics.
“Quite happy that...
- 2/27/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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