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

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedMay 03, 2018 01:47 IST

Austria def India 3-2

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01:47 (IST)3 MAY 2018

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01:46 (IST)3 MAY 2018

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.

01:41 (IST)3 MAY 2018

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.

01:38 (IST)3 MAY 2018

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

01:36 (IST)3 MAY 2018

And Fegerl DOES IT FOR AUSTRIA!!!!

01:35 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Match point to Fegerl

10-9

01:35 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 9-9

Such a tight finish to this game!

01:34 (IST)3 MAY 2018

And the lead is soon erased!

8-8

01:33 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Suddenly Sathiyan has found some firepower and goes ahead to 8-6

01:32 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 6-6

01:31 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Sathiyan wins 3 points in a row through some aggressive display

4-5

01:30 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 5-1 to the Austrian, who is looking overpower Sathiyan in this game

01:27 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Fegerl needs one more game to seal the win for Austria

01:27 (IST)3 MAY 2018

And Fegerl takes the third game 11-7

01:27 (IST)3 MAY 2018

3 game points to the Austrian

10-7

01:25 (IST)3 MAY 2018

8-7 to Fegerl

01:23 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 6-6

01:23 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 5-5

01:22 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Sathiyan fights back and now trails 4-5

01:21 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 5-1 to Fegerl....he is growing in strength with every shot

01:19 (IST)3 MAY 2018

1-1 in Game 3

01:17 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Sathiyan takes the second game 11-9

01:17 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Game point for Sathiyan

10-9

01:16 (IST)3 MAY 2018

He makes it 9-9

01:16 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Sathiyan showing his fighting qualities after trailing 7-9

01:15 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Sathiyan got two points in a row to go up to 7-6 but Fegerl soon came storming back!

7-7

01:12 (IST)3 MAY 2018

The Austrian leads by a slender margin

6-5

01:11 (IST)3 MAY 2018

4-4 as they battle hard

01:09 (IST)3 MAY 2018

2-2 in Game 2

01:07 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Lot of hard work ahead of Sathiyan now.

01:07 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Fegerl takes the first game 13-11

01:06 (IST)3 MAY 2018

And Sathiyan saves a game point and makes it 11-11

01:05 (IST)3 MAY 2018

10-10 now

01:05 (IST)3 MAY 2018

The two are still evenly poised at 9-9

01:04 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 8-8 now

01:02 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Great fightback from the Austrian, who gets FOUR POINTS ON THE TROT!

Sathiyan now 6-5

01:01 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Fast start for the Indian, who now leads 6-1

01:00 (IST)3 MAY 2018

3-0 to Sathiyan now

00:59 (IST)3 MAY 2018

First point to the Indian

00:57 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Next up is Sathiyan vs Fegerl

Who will get the win?

One final rubber to decide the outcome of this tie!!!

00:56 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Final score: Gardos def Achanta 11-2, 11-8, 11-9 

00:54 (IST)3 MAY 2018

No, he can't as Gardos converts the match point!

Austria get their second win and level this tie.

2-2

00:53 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Gardos has one match point now at 10-9

Can Achanta save it?

00:51 (IST)3 MAY 2018

The game is still level!!!!

8-8

00:50 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 7-7

00:50 (IST)3 MAY 2018

The Austrian gets two points and closes down the gap to 6-7

00:49 (IST)3 MAY 2018

He still maintains his three-point advantage


7-4

00:48 (IST)3 MAY 2018

Achanta is still some distance away from the Austrian

Up 6-3

00:47 (IST)3 MAY 2018

A far more positive Achanta makes it 4-1 in Game 3

00:46 (IST)3 MAY 2018

It's 2-0 to the Indian in Game 3
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