Chengdu : The Indian men’s table tennis team defeated second seed Germany 3-1 in Group 2 of the World Team Table Tennis Championship 2022 on Sunday. Sathyan Gnanasekaran, ranked 37th in the world, was the hero of India’s victory as he won both his matches. Gnanasekaran has yet to lose a single match in the competition. Gnanasekaran won the first match against world number 36 Benedict Duda 3-2 (11-13, 4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9). In the fourth match Gnanasekaran faced ninth seed Dong Qi where he won 2-0 to 3-2 (10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9). Manav Vikas Thakkar beat Ricardo Walder 3-1 (13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10) while Harmeet Desai lost to Dong Qi 1-3 (11-7, 11-9). -13, 11-3). After the win, Gnanasekaran tweeted, “Big win to beat World Rank-2 and Olympic silver medalist Germany at the World Team Championship. A great effort by the entire team,” he said. Meanwhile, Indian women’s team registered their first win in Group-5 after defeating Czech Republic 3-0. Earlier they lost to Germany by 2-3.