New Delhi, September 29, 2015: Iran, exacting revenge for their
loss in the first division final, beat India 3-2 to finish ahead in the 7-8
position team match of the champion division in the Asian Table Tennis
Championships at Pattaya (Thailand) today.
The Indians, one hoped, would beat Iran after
having tasted a hard-earned success against them yesterday morning. But in the
position match, Iran
turned out to be more precise and had come with a right attitude as compared to
the Indians.
Noshad Alamiyan began on a right note against G. Sathiyan,
despite the latter having an upper hand having taken a comfortable 2-0 lead.
But when the Iranian won the extended third game at 12-10, Sathiyan’s shoulders
started drooping. With momentum going his way, Noshad made it 2-2 to take the
issue to the decider which he won after three deuces for 6-11, 9-11, 12-10,
11-7, 14-12 verdict.
With everyone looking up to Soumyajit Ghosh for a revival,
the national champion easily beat Nima Alamian 11-6, 11-6, 12-14, 11-5. The
next man, Sanil Shetty, had it all messed up against Afsin Noroozi when he was
down 1-2 after winning the first game. The Indian left-hander did his best and
came back to win the fourth only to let it in the next, losing by the minimal
point. The Iranian won 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9.
It was a crucial win for Iran as Afsin was the weakest of
the three players.
Again Ghosh brought India on par when he won a tough
battle against Noshad 12-10, 11-13, 11-3, 7-11, 11-8, but Sathiyan failed to
counter Nima in his reverse singles and lost badly (7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 6-11).
From tomorrow, the individual events begin with all Indian
men’s players receiving first-round byes. However, the Indian women will
straightaway engage themselves with first-round matches.
TTFI Press release
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