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World Team Table Tennis Championships 2018, Men's Group Stage: India vs Austria, Live Match Updates

Austria def India 3-2
Updated: 03 May 2018 01:47 IST - Published: May, 02 2018 09:01 PM IST
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India fell short just by a small margin and hopefully they will learn a lot from this campaign and aim to improve further for better results in the future.

The best player from the contingent was Sharath Kamal Achanta, beyond any doubt. He lost just two matches throughout his campaign and won six.
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India finish their campaign in Group D with 7 points and in 5th position.

Only the top four teams from each group will qualify for the knock-outs and from this group, the teams are Korea, France, Croatia and Austria.

The only team behind India in the six-team Group D is Poland with 5 points.
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Final score: Fegerl def Sathiyan 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9

Austria def India 3-2 and seal their spot in the Round of 16
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And Fegerl DOES IT FOR AUSTRIA!!!!
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Match point to Fegerl

10-9
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It's 9-9

Such a tight finish to this game!
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And the lead is soon erased!

8-8
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Suddenly Sathiyan has found some firepower and goes ahead to 8-6
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It's 6-6
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Sathiyan wins 3 points in a row through some aggressive display

4-5
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It's 5-1 to the Austrian, who is looking overpower Sathiyan in this game
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Fegerl needs one more game to seal the win for Austria
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And Fegerl takes the third game 11-7
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3 game points to the Austrian

10-7
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8-7 to Fegerl
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It's 6-6
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It's 5-5
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Sathiyan fights back and now trails 4-5
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It's 5-1 to Fegerl....he is growing in strength with every shot
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1-1 in Game 3
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Sathiyan takes the second game 11-9
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Game point for Sathiyan

10-9
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He makes it 9-9
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Sathiyan showing his fighting qualities after trailing 7-9
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Sathiyan got two points in a row to go up to 7-6 but Fegerl soon came storming back!

7-7
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The Austrian leads by a slender margin

6-5
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4-4 as they battle hard
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2-2 in Game 2
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Lot of hard work ahead of Sathiyan now.
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Fegerl takes the first game 13-11
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And Sathiyan saves a game point and makes it 11-11
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10-10 now
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The two are still evenly poised at 9-9
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It's 8-8 now
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Great fightback from the Austrian, who gets FOUR POINTS ON THE TROT!

Sathiyan now 6-5
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Fast start for the Indian, who now leads 6-1
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3-0 to Sathiyan now
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First point to the Indian
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Next up is Sathiyan vs Fegerl

Who will get the win?

One final rubber to decide the outcome of this tie!!!
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Final score: Gardos def Achanta 11-2, 11-8, 11-9 
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No, he can't as Gardos converts the match point!

Austria get their second win and level this tie.

2-2
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Gardos has one match point now at 10-9

Can Achanta save it?
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The game is still level!!!!

8-8
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It's 7-7
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The Austrian gets two points and closes down the gap to 6-7
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He still maintains his three-point advantage


7-4
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Achanta is still some distance away from the Austrian

Up 6-3
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A far more positive Achanta makes it 4-1 in Game 3
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It's 2-0 to the Indian in Game 3

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