Indian table tennis player Harmeet Desai has been making waves at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Feeder Varazdin 2024. After a series of impressive performances, Desai has advanced to the quarterfinals, marking a significant milestone in his career.
Harmeet Desai continues his purple patch
Desai started strong in the Round of 32, where he proved to be a formidable opponent against Adrien Rassenfosse. His outstanding performance created anticipation for more thrilling moments as the competition went on.
In the Round of 16, Desai extended his dominance by defeating Kirill Gerassimenko with ease. This victory was especially notable as it was the first time an Indian player had defeated the Kazakhstani in Men’s singles.
Harmeet, a key member of the Indian men’s team’s historic qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympics, displayed his tremendous grit and determination to get better off the higher-ranked player 11-8, 11-3, 11-9.
🚨 UPSET WIN – HARMEET DESAI STUNS KIRILL IN STRAIGHT GAMES 🔥🔥🔥
🇮🇳 players' MS losses vs. Kirill avenged!🇮🇳 Desai 3 – 0 Gerassimenko 🇰🇿
Harmeet enters MS QF of WTT Varazdin Feeder 🔥
WR66 Desai will next face WR46 An Jaehyun 💪
Lone warrior now in MS#WTTFeeder 🎥: WTT YT https://t.co/oU5C6eZb0a pic.twitter.com/Q3Z7Er8j0Y— Harini Raman (@ASimpleStardust) April 5, 2024
Sathiyan and Snehit’s Exit
While Desai’s journey in the tournament continued, his compatriots Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Snehit Suravajjula unfortunately crashed out. Suravajjula had previously caused a major upset by defeating Sathiyan in the Round of 32. However, despite a brave effort, he was unable to defeat Eduard Ionescu in the following round.
Desai’s journey to the quarterfinals and his status as the sole Indian player left in the competition solidify his standing as a formidable contender.
In women’s singles, Yashaswini Ghorpade lost in the pre-quarterfinals against Lee Eunhye 7-11, 8-11, 4-11. Earlier, Ghorpade reached the Round of 16 winning a thrilling five-gamer against Zhu Chengzhu. Also losing was the mixed doubles pairing of Sathiyan and Manika Batra as they lost to Lubomir Pistej and Barbora Balazova in a five-gamer (11-9, 6-11, 11-4, 11-13, 12-14).
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