Sathiyan Gnanasekaran held a 2-0 head-to-head lead over his 24-year-old opponent at the beginning of the match. However, there was a definite shift of dynamics in the game as Siu Hang made it 2-1.
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In what can just be described as a nailbiter, Indian padder, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost to Lam Siu Hang at Tokyo Olympics. The match took an unprecedented turn after the fourth round when Hang started to make a comeback. He was initially 3-1 sets down. The man from Hong Kong gave swift replies to India’s attempts at scoring points. Lam Siu Hang came from behind to win the fixture and book his place in the next round.
At the end of 7 sets, Hang won 4-3 and will proceed further in the Round of 32.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran held a 2-0 head-to-head lead over his 24-year-old opponent at the beginning of the match. However, there was a definite shift of dynamics in the game. Siu Hang made it 2-1. Gnanasekaran won the next round. However, with this win, Lam Siu Hang has progressed to the 3rd round of the Men’s Singles event, for the first time.
The match started off with a fast-paced rally by both the players. To put things into perspective, both the players were winning points one after the other and were not too far away from each other. This was until of course Hanf took a passive lead in the 5th round, and made it tough for Eventually, Lam Siu Hang took the first game, 11-7; only the 2nd time between them that the Indian has dropped a game in their previous two meets.
The second round went in favour of the Indian paddler. Spinning serves with more rotation and less speed was the star of the show. Sathiyan blasted his way through to an 8-5 lead and eventually took the game 11-7, equalling one game each between them and thus setting up the match in a very balanced way at the Tokyo Olympics.
