In what we can call a fairy tale day for 2 Indian paddlers when they defeated much higher ranked players from Korea and Taipei. Sanil Shetty defeated no. 13 seed Korea’s Jang Woojin by 4-2 and and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran accounted for Chinese Taipei’s Chen Chien-An, the no.14 seed by 4-2 in first round matches of Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australia Open
Harmeet Desai lost to Japan’s Maharu Yoshimura, the no.12 seed by 4-0. In men’s double pair of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sanil Shetty defeated Australian pair by 3-1. Indian pair of harmeet Desai and Amalraj Anthony lost against Chinese Taipei’s pair of Hung-Chieh Chang and Chien-An chen by 3-2
In Women’s doubles Indian pair of Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Sutirtha Mukherjee got walkover aginst Chinese Taipei pair. Madhurika patkar and Manika Batra lost against Japanese pair of Mima Ito and Hina Hayata by 3-1
Men’s Singles Result:
Harmeet Desai lost to Japan’s Maharu Yoshimura, the no.12 seed (11-7, 11-6, 16-14, 11-8)
Sanil Shetty beat Korea’s Jang Woojin, the no.13 seed, (11-9, 3-11, 12-10, 11-3, 6-11, 11-8)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran beat Chinese Taipei’s Chen Chien-An, the no.14 seed (11-6, 4-11, 1-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9).
Men’s doubles Results:
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Sanil Shetty beat KaneTownsend/ David powell (12-10, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7)
Harmeet Desai/Amalraj Anthony lost to Hung-Chieh Chang/Chien-An chen (11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 7-11)
Women’s double:
Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Sutirtha Mukherjee W/O
Madhurika patkar and Manika Batra lost against Japanese pair of Mima Ito and Hina Hayata (8-11, 13-11, 3-11, 8-11)
