Commonwealth Games 2018: Table Tennis Men's Singles Round of 32, Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gyanasekaran carry India's hopes, Live Updates

It's all done and dusted as Sathiyan goes home as the winner. With the win, he has now progressed to the Round of 32 and will be in action once again tomorrow.

Final score: Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN (IND) def Muhammad RAMEEZ (PAK) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5, 11-3

The Indian extend his lead to 7 as he sets himself up for the match.
Score: 10-3

Sathiyan doubles his points to 8 while Rameez could only manage 1.
Score: 8-3

Rameez starts strong but the lead is with Sathiyan.
Score: 4-2

Time for Game4. The Pakistani will need to win this in order to stay alive in the match!

The Pakistani's little luck seems to be over as Sathiyan has sealed the game 3 at 11-5

Rameez, however, is showing strong nerves pulling back three points.
Score 9-4

Looks like there's no stopping Sathiya as he takes an unassailable lead of 8-1

Game 3 begins!

Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN has clinched Game 2 as well! Half the work has been done!

What was billed as a high octane contest, is turning out to be a rather one-sided affair with the Indian currently leading 9-3

Sathiyan extends his lead to 5 points. Score: 7-2

Rameez is visible struggling against his opponent as he succumbs to an early deficit trailing 0-3

Sathiyan continues his sublime form, easing to a comfortable win.
Game 1, the Indian wins 11-4

The Indian on the verge of winning the first game. Score: 10-4

Sathiyan extends his lead to 5.
Score: 9-5

But the Indian, confident from his mixed doubles win earlier in the day has exerted his dominion, taking the lead at 7-4

The Pakistani has taken the lead.
Score: 3-2

And it's underway.
The players share the first couple of points between them.
Score: 1-1

Next up, India's Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN will take on Pakistan's Muhammad RAMEEZ as the player's battle out the age-long rivalry between the nations.

Here are the full scorelines!

Sharath ACHANTA def Javen CHOONG (11-2, 11-5,11-4, 7-11, 11-13, 6-11, 11-7)

Harmeet DESAI def Geoffrey LOI (11-4, 11-3, 11-1,-11-2)

And he has done it. Sharath stands his ground and shows great character to win the decider 11-7!!
What a contest it has been!!

Sharath takes the lead and extends it to 9-7!
Can he emerge a winner from this diabolical situation?

7-7.
Sharath showing nerves of steel as he level terms with his opponent

What a thriller it's turning out to be.
Sharath trying hard to reduce the Malaysian's lead.
Score: 7-6

And we are back as Sharath breaks and makes it 6-4

The players take a short breather!

Choong extends his lead to 3.
Score 6-3, Sharath trailing.

And Choong has taken the lead.
Score: 4-3

It's looking like an intense fight with the scores tied at 3-3

Choong not letting go his hard work go to waste as he level the scores at 2-2

Sharath trying to hold his fort and he succeeds in taking a 2 point lead.
Score: 2-0

And it all goes down to the wire. The decider game7 is about to begin.

Sharath, who was looking brilliant in the start, now looks a pale shadow of his former self as he risks losing Game 6 as well.
10-6, the Indian trails

The Malaysian extends his lead to 4 after winning two points in quick succession.
Score: 9-5

Choong seems to have found his mojo back as he is clearly dominating the Indian in Game 6.
Score: 7-5

And we are back!!

From the other end, Harmeet Desai has sealed a comfortable victory after winning the fourth game 11-2

What a comeback!!! The Malaysian wins the game 13-11
Choong scripts the impossible. After going two sets down, he is on the verge of pulling the game back on level terms. There's more drama left in this match!

It's an adrenaline joyride for both the viewers and the players.
Scoreline: 11-11

And Choong with a confident shot to take the lead in the crucial moment.
10-9, the Indian trails

The match is turning out to be a thriller with the scores currently tied at 9-9 in Game 5.

It's looking like a tightly contested battle with the scoreline reading 7-8 in Sharath's favour

Sharath takes the lead, but just like the previous game, Choong is drawing close.
Score: 7-6

Game 5 begins!

Sharath loses Game 4 (7-11), in what till now was looking like a one-sided affair.
Can Choong capitalize on this and bring the game back to level terms?

Javen Choong is not letting the Indian have it easy as he leads the game for the first time.
Score: 9-7

Sharath Achanta begins the third game strong but then has a minor setback as the Malaysian brings the score back on level terms.
Score: 7-7

Harmeet does win the game, but however, loses just one point.
Game3 score: 11-1

Desai is not giving his opponent any scope as he leads 7-0. Can he win the game without dropping any points?

Commonwealth Games 2018: Table Tennis Men's Singles Round of 32, Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gyanasekaran carry India's hopes, Live Updates

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