Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins Belgium Open title of Table Tennis

Sep 27, 2016, 14:34 IST

With this, Gnanasekaran became the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event. Achanta Sharath Kamal is the first Indian to win an ITTF event in 2012.

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran on 24 September 2016 won the men's singles title of the Belgium Open.

Sathiyan won his first pro title by defeating Nuytinck Cedric 4-0 in the final 15-13, 11-6, 11-2, 17-15 at De Haan in Belgium.

With this, Gnanasekaran became the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event. Achanta Sharath Kamal is the first Indian to win an ITTF event in 2012.

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About Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is an Indian table tennis player.

He is ranked 160 in the world as of February 2016.

He was a member of the Indian team that took the bronze in the 2011 Junior World Championships.

He hails from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

He was educated as an engineer.

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