Sathiyan sets up big win for Dabang Delhi

Defending champions Dabang Delhi TTC put up another sterling performance to be virtually assured of a semifinal berth in the Ultimate Table Tennis here on Sunday.

They thrashed RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata 10-5 to join U Mumba at the top of the table with 33 points, with World No 30 G Sathiyan, leading from the front and amassing 5 out of the 6 possible points that he could garner.

Sathiyan won the opening men's singles (3-0) and then combined with Bernadette Szocs in the mixed doubles to clinch a 2-1 win.

Dabang Delhi's other foreign recruit, Jon Persson, also played a huge role in his team's victory as he too registered a 3-0 victory in the reverse men's singles.

Coming into the first men's singles match of the evening with his team trailing 1-2, Sathiyan did not have the best start in the men's singles clash and was trailing 1-3 against the World no 53 German. But he slowly found his rhythm and eked out a 11-9 win in the first set.

Sathiyan had it rather easy in the next two games and ..