The Indians will take on the winners of the South Korea versus Hong Kong match on Friday.
Making most of China’s absence, India were on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, assured of their maiden medal in the Asian Table Tennis Championships after beating Iran 3-1 in the quarterfinals here.
India, who had made it to the Champions Division after their stellar showing in the last edition, were also handed a direct entry into the eight-team main draw of the ITTF-ATTU joint event.
Ace paddler A. Sharath Kamal led the charge in the win against Iran. Sharath, who opened the first match of the rubber, downed Nima Alamiyan 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5 to put India 1-0 up.
Though the world No. 33 began well, he dropped the next before picking up steam to roll past Alamiyan.
In the next tie, G Sathiyan, ranked No. 38 in the world beat Noshad Alamiyan (world No. 74) 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6.
But in the next rubber, Harmeet Desai lost to Amir Hossein Hodaei 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 14-12, 7-11. The fiercely-fought rubber saw fortunes fluctuating from one extreme to another but the Iranian held on to his nerves to reduce the margin. However, in his reverse singles, Sharath sealed the fate of Iran, beating Noshad 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 to ensure India its first medal.
The Indians will take on the winners of the South Korea versus Hong Kong match on Friday, October 1.
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