P Kashyap was just one point from becoming the first Indian men’s singles player in 30 years to assure a World Championship medal as the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist held a match point in the second game in the quarterfinal against third seed Pengyu Du of China.
The opportunity was missed and Du summoned all his experience to once again stage a comeback in the decider to end Kashyap’s hopes.
It is difficult to comment on what actually happened on that point since the match was not live on the Sony Six – the official broadcaster of the tournament in India. But what is more baffling is how come the television network has not bothered to get the feed from the adjoining court because the live scoring website – tournamentsoftware.com -- clearly states that both courts are TV courts on Friday.
At 20-19 in the second game, Du also needed just one point to put pressure back on the Indian who would have been a bundle of nerves, having come this far in a tournament for the first time ever.
That one point may end up haunting Kashyap all his life if he never gets close winning a World Championship medal in the future. But he can take heart from the fact that he did everything he could to create history.
Despite the end results, Kashyap can take heart from the fact that this was one of his best performance by far.
The opportunity was missed and Du summoned all his experience to once again stage a comeback in the decider to end Kashyap’s hopes.
It is difficult to comment on what actually happened on that point since the match was not live on the Sony Six – the official broadcaster of the tournament in India. But what is more baffling is how come the television network has not bothered to get the feed from the adjoining court because the live scoring website – tournamentsoftware.com -- clearly states that both courts are TV courts on Friday.
At 20-19 in the second game, Du also needed just one point to put pressure back on the Indian who would have been a bundle of nerves, having come this far in a tournament for the first time ever.
That one point may end up haunting Kashyap all his life if he never gets close winning a World Championship medal in the future. But he can take heart from the fact that he did everything he could to create history.
Despite the end results, Kashyap can take heart from the fact that this was one of his best performance by far.
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