India at the Games - Day 11

Highlights:

• Samresh Jung adjudged best athlete of the Games
• Sharath Achanta Kamal wins men's table tennis gold
• India's tally: 22 gold, 17 silver, 11 bronze
• Total medals won: 50
• India fourth in medal tally

Sharath Achanta Kamal , 23, completed a grand table tennis double when he beat Sweden-based Australian William Henzel 4-3 in the final.

The 23-year-old Indian ace won 11-5, 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 in a little over 35 minutes.

It was India's 22nd gold medal and the 50th overall at the Games.

India finished fourth with 22 gold medals, 17 silver and 11 bronze. 

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With the victory, the six-foot-two tall Sharath, who has won double gold medals at the Commonwealth Championships and Commonwealth Games, expects his ranking to go up inside top-100.

"I also expect to get into top-50 in a year or two," said Kamal.

"I woke up too early in the morning. It was tension and excitement together. I went for a jog and came back and then slept for an hour. And then I was tense even when the match began."

"I thought I had thrown away the match when I lost the sixth game. But in the seventh game, I got an early lead 4-1 and then he caught up but from 7-7, when I took a timeout things worked for me.

"It was really a tense and close match and I think in the end, it was all a question of nerves."

Last week, he helped India win a historic gold medal in the team event.

The Games were a successful outing for India as the contingent returned with medals from seven of the ten disciplines it took part in.

COMPARISON OF INDIAN MEDALS IN 2002 AND 2006

• In weightlifting, till 2002, three sets of medals were awarded in each weight category, while in 2006, just one set was awarded.

Concluding day's event:

TABLE TENNIS:

Men's singles: Sharath Kamal bt William Henzel (Aust) 11-5, 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.