Indian men's TT team loses to Chinese Taipei in semis, signs off with bronze at Asian Championships

Indian men's table tennis team signed off with a bronze medal after going down 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in Asian Championships semifinal here on Wednesday.

In a disappointing display, both veteran Sharath Kamal and experienced G Sathiyan surrendered meekly to ir higher-ranked opponents while Harmeet Desai showed stomach for a fight.

Sharath was handed a 6-11, 6-11, 9-11 defeat by Chuang Chih-Yuan, ranked 26th, while Sathiyan went down 5-11, 6-11, 10-12 to world number 7 Lin Yun-Ju as third-seeded Indian team trailed 0-2.

Playing to stay alive in tie, Harmeet, country's highest-ranked player at 63, gave India some hope as he took a game off Kao Cheng-Jui. But world number 33 sealed tie for Chinese Taipei, seeded second, with a 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9 win.

At Asian Championships, losing semifinalists are also awarded bronze medals.