Harmeet Desai was at his dashing best as Goa Challengers opened its Ultimate Table Tennis season four campaign by crushing Dabang Delhi TTC 10-5 on Saturday.
With his better half Krittwika Sinha Roy cheering for him from the team bench, albeit as a Goa reserve, Harmeet lost just one of the six games he played. The feature of his evening at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports City was his whitewash of India teammate and arch-rival G. Sathiyan.
Sathiyan was the star performer during Delhi’s march to the season three final but the wily customer couldn’t turn around his ordinary performances over the last two months. Harmeet, on the other hand, was at his best. While Sathiyan erred with his backhand play, Harmeet’s backhand topspins and winners earned a rousing applause from a decent weekend turnout.
