CWG 2022: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran clinches bronze for India in Table Tennis Men's Singles

Top Indian paddler G Sathiyan, on Monday, won a bronze medal for India in Table Tennis Men's Singles at Commonwealth Games, 2022.

Sathiyan defeated England's Paul Drinkhall and won the match 4-3 against his English opponent.

He had progressed to the semifinals of the men's singles event at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Sathiyan was stretched in his 4-2 (11-5 11-7 11-5 8-11 10-12 11-9) win by England's Sam Walker.



"It was a great match, all credit to Sam, he fought really hard. I really should have closed in that fifth set but I was a bit nervous," Sathiyan had said.

"I have never beaten Sam, so this came into my mind and it was not so easy to play in a big match like this. I kept my cool in the end and I took the match to get my first (Commonwealth Games) semifinal so I'm really happy," he added.

(With inputs from PTI)