: Tokyo 2020: Inspired by Asian Games success, table tennis star Sathiyan looks to impress at Olympics #IndiaNEWS Beating Japanese World No 4 two years ago, producing a historic medal-winning performance

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Tokyo 2020: Inspired by Asian Games success, table tennis star Sathiyan looks to impress at Olympics #IndiaNEWS
Beating Japanese World No 4 two years ago, producing a historic medal-winning performance against Japan at the Asian Games and the experience of playing local league in the Olympic host nation fills paddler G Sathiyan with confidence ahead of his maiden Summer Games.Sathiyan feels he is a much better player than he was at the 2018 Asian Games, considered a mini Olympics in the fraternity, where he won his two matches against Japan in the quarter-finals to end India’s 60-year wait for a medal at the continental Games.His good run against the Japanese continued the following year when he stunned world number 4 Harimoto Tomokazu in the Asian Championships though the team lost the rubber.Both Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal are seeded in the 17-32 bracket and will get a first-round bye.“A quarter-final finish would be amazing. It would be difficult but beating the likes of Harimoto gives a lot of confidence. And if you do manage to reach the last eight, then you can take anyone down on a given day,� Sathiyan, who had his first training session in Tokyo on Monday, told PTI.Unlike the Asian Games, he wouldn’t have his personal coach and Olympian S Raman by his side in Tokyo, as Manika Batra’s...Read more

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