Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is an Indian table tennis player, ranked at 30 in the world as of January 2020. He was a member of the Indian team that took the bronze in the 2011 Junior World Championships. G Sathiyan has become India’s highest-ranked player in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. Sathiyan, who was nowhere near the top-100 bracket until a few months ago, is the highest ranked Indian right now at 30. He falls on the footsteps of Sudhir Phadke after his pre-quarter final victory in the 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships but lost out his quarter final match against Lin Gaoyuan.

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Personal information
Birth nameSathiyan Gnanasekaran[1]
NationalityIndian
Born (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTable Tennis
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking24
Medal record
Men's Table Tennis
Representing India
ITTF Major- Bulgaria 2017
BulgariaMen's Doubles
ITTF Major - Swedish 2017
SwedenMen's Doubles
ITTF Challenge - Belgium 2017
BelgiumMen's Singles

He had recently been signed up with the top German club Grünwettersbach for the prestigious German Bundesliga top division league.

He is currently being supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.

Personal life

Sathiyan is from Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. He was educated as an engineer. He studied in St.Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai. He studied in Kolaperumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary school in Arumbakkam Chennai.

Achievements and awards

In September 2016 he won the Belgium Open table tennis title in the men's singles category. This was his first pro title. In the final match played at De Haan in Belgium, he defeated the local player Nuytinck Cedric with a 4-0 score in the final - with 15-13, 11-6, 11-2, 17-15. With this victory, he becomes only the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event.[2] 2017 had been a special year for Sathiyan where he won bronze in ITTF Challenge - Thailand, ITTF Challenge - Belgium,ITTF Major - Swedish; Silver in ITTF Major- Bulgaria in doubles men category. He won gold in the ITTF Challenge - Spanish Open, in Almeria (2017) in the men's singles category.[3]

In 2018, Sathiyan defeated 27th-ranked Yuya Oshima, to enter men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open.

In 2019, On Friday, 29 November, Sathiyan made his debut and defeated higher-ranked Frenchman Simon Gauzy 11-13, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 before beating world number 24 Groth Jonathan of Denmark 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, to top his group and reach the round of 16 in 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup. The world number 30 G Sathiyan, went down 1-4 (11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 9-11, 8-11) to Timo Boll in the pre-quarters.

Awards

He has received the TOISA Table Tennis player of the year award 2018 (Jury choice)

  • Arjuna award 2018

References
  1. http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&rowid=103126&Itemid=266
  2. "Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins Belgium Open". ESPN. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. "Sathiyan Gnanasekaran adds to title haul, wins in Almeria - International Table Tennis Federation". International Table Tennis Federation. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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