Commonwealth TT C'ship: Harmeet, Ayhika win gold
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Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee bagged men's single and women's single gold respectively in the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, which concluded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Monday.But the best thing which marked the championship was that no individual could replicate the gold-winning performance in other events.Indeed, no one deserved to lose the men's singles final, but Desai deserved more to win the title. After being in arrears (0-2), he brought out the best in a crunch situation to outwit favourites Sathiyan.A particular rally in the fourth game which brought a winning point to Desai must have been really demoralising for Sathiyan.Equally important was the win by Surat boy in the next which kept lingering until he sealed it 17-15. No doubt, Sathiyan made it 3-3 after trailing for the first time, but Gujarat lad played a great game to wrap it up in the decider.Earlier, Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal failed to counter the fury of Anthony Amalraj and ...