Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh went down 4-11, 4-11, 11-8, 4-11 to fourth-seeded Kwan Kit and Lam Siu Hang of Hong Kong in the doubles final of the GAC Group ITTF World Tour Australian Open table tennis tournament here on Saturday. However, it was a great run by the third-seeded Indian pair which defeated Robin Devos and Cedric Nuytinck of Belgium 14-12, 7-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9 in the semifinals.
The results: Men: Pre-quarterfinals: Youngsik Jung (Kor) bt Soumyajit Ghosh (Ind) 13-15, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Yuya Oshima (Jpn) bt Harmeet Desai (Ind) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5, 11-5.
First round: Soumyajit Ghosh (Ind) bt Yuki Matsuyama (Jpn) 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3; Harmeet Desai (Ind) bt Justin Han (Aus) 8-11, 16-14, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7.
Doubles: Final: Ho Kwan Kit & Lam Sin Hang (Hong Kong) bt Harmeet Desai & Soumyajit Ghosh 4-11, 4-11, 11-8, 4-11.
Semifinal: bt Robin Devos & Cedric Nuytinck 14-12, 7-11, Quarterfinals: bt William Henzell & David Powell (Aus) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3, 10-12, 11-8. First round: bt Juke Duffy & Dominic Huang (Aus) 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-7.
