Indian table tennis player G. Sathiyan grabbed the gold medal after defeating Japan’s Kazuhiro Yoshimura in the men’s singles final of the 2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open in Almeria.
- The ninth seeded Indian’s calculated game enabled him to prevail over the 11th seed, who displayed sheer power
- Sathiyan’s second major title as he had won the singles gold two years ago in the ITTF World Tour Belgium Open.
- Sathiyan led the fourth game 4-2 but Yoshimura won the next four points to go 6-4 up and from there he never surrendered.
- Sathiyan won the next three points to secure the game and consolidate his position.
