India's challenge at the World Table Tennis Contender ended on Friday as G. Sathiyan lost to World No. 23 and sixth seed Darko Jorgic of Slovenia in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals at Novo Mesto (Slovenia) here. The Slovenian earned a 11-9, 11-3, 5-11, 11-5 win over Sathiyan.
Earlier in the day, China's Liang Jingkun, ranked World No. 10 and the seeded third, defeated Sharath Kamal 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals.
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Outplayed in the first two games, Sharath put up a fight of sorts in the third. He had a game point at 10-9, but the Chinese won the next three points to win the match. Earlier on Thursday, Sathiyan defeated Harmeet Desai 11-9, 11-13, 12-10, 16-14 in the men's singles first round.
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