Chennai, Feb. 13 -- Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa of Japan to reach the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University here on Friday.

Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert his third match point to win 3-2 (9-11, 15-17, 11-4, 11-6, 18-16) in 52 minutes to set up a Round of 16 clash against top seed Oh Junsung, as per a press release.

Explaining what was going on in his mind during the business end of the fifth game, Snehit said, "I was just telling myself to focus on one point at a time and n...