The Indians fought hard for three games but they were pretty much overpowered in the fourth game. Even though they tried to make a comeback deep in the fourth, it was too late.
India thus take a silver medal and a bronze medal in men's doubles from this tournament. India's fine run in table tennis keeps continuing!
The final of The Thailand Open comes our way as the Indian men's doubles team will take on the Germany men's doubles team, The match will be played in Bangkok, Thailand and will be the final of the tournament. The Indian team consists of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sanil Shetty while the German team is made up by Tobias Hippler and Killian Ort. Gnanasekaran and Shetty reached to the Semi-final stage easily. They beat Malaysia's Muhamad Ashraf Haiqal and Chee Feng Leong in straight games to claim victory in the Quarterfinal round. They then went on to beat compatriots Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar in the Semifinal. On the other hand, Ort and Hippler beat the French doubles team in the quarters by a scoreline of 3-2 before beating Morizono and Tazoe of Japan in the semis. Both the teams will be looking to make it a successful tournament by winning the final of the tournament and bring home some silverware.