Silver for Sharath, Sathiyan at Hungarian Open

The Indian duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan capped their fantastic run at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open with a silver medal in the men’s doubles on Saturday.

They went down 1-3 in the final to second seeds Germany’s Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska, a day after stunning top seeds Kwan Kit Ho and Chun Ting Wong of Hong Kong in the semi-finals.

The Indian qualifiers lost the match 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 in four games, after clawing back from a 0-2 deficit to take the third game.