India’s table tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal was always the under-dog, going into the third-round clash against Chinese table tennis legend Ma Long on Tuesday, but the manner in which the Indian conducted himself, has impressed eight-time national champion, Kamlesh Mehta.

Sharath went down 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 4-11 to second-seed Ma, but not before troubling the three-time Olympic gold medallist and world champion.