Table tennis tournament

Snehit defeats the English Walker; causes huge upheaval at Czech Open

India’s S. Snehit claimed a huge victory over England’s Samuel Walker in six games in a men’s singles first round match of the Czech Open International table tennis tournament on Monday.

Snehit, ranked 415 in the world, defeated the Briton, ranked 96 at 5-11, 3-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-4, 11-8 to advance to the pre-quarter-finals. Earlier, the number one seed G. Sathiyan beat Tomas Koldas of the Czech Republic in four consecutive games, 11-4, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5 in the first round.

Results

  • Men: Singles (32nd): G. Sathiyan bt Tomas Koldas (Cze) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5; Manav Thakkar bt Victor Yefimov (United Kingdom) 11-4, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8; Mudit Dani lost to Adam Klajber (Svk) 11-4, 13-11, 12-10, 11-8; Jeet Chandra bt Alexandre Robinot (Fra) 13-11, 11-9, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-2; S. Snehit by Samuel Walker (English) 5-11, 3-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-4, 11-8; Sanil Shetty lost to Yevhen Pryshchepa (UK) 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 14-12.
  • Women: singles (32nd round): Sreeja Akula bt Katsiaryna Baravok (Blr) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8, 13-11; Archana Kamath bt Marketa Sevcikova (Cze) 11-7, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10.
  • Mixed Doubles (Round of 16): Sanil Shetty & T. Reeth Rishya with Pavel Platonov & Katsiaryna Baravok (Blr) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6; Manav Thakkar & Archana Kamath bt Akos Kishegyi & Bernadett Balint (Hun) 13-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7; Jeet Chandra and Selena Deepthi lost to Tomas Martinko and Zdena Blaskova (Cze) 9-11, 11-3, 13-11, 13-11.

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