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Table tennis: Sreeja Akula - Diya Chitale beaten in pre-quarterfinal
In the women's doubles round of 16 in table tennis, the Indian duo Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale suffered a defeat with scores of 11-3, 11-5, 11-8 against the fifth-seeded Japanese pair, Miwa Harimoto, and Miyuu Kihara. Unfortunately, this loss marked the end of their campaign at the Asian Games 2023.
Boxing: Lakshya Chahar eliminated in Round of 16
Indian boxer Lakshya Chahar faced a 4:1 defeat on points against Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu of Kyrgyzstan in the men's 80kg round of 16 at Hangzhou during the Asian Games 2023. Despite competing in an Olympic weight category, Chahar couldn't secure a Paris 2024 quota for India.
In a disappointing turn of events, fellow boxers Arundhati Chaudhary (women's 66kg), Deepak Bhoria (men's 51kg), Shiva Thapa (men's 63.5kg), and Sanjeet (men's 92kg) also bowed out in the round of 16 at the 19th Asian Games.
Tennis: Ramkumar Ramanathan / Saketh Myneni settle for doubles silver
Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni settled for the men's doubles silver medal at the Asian Games after being edged by Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yu-Hsiou and Jason Jung but India's hopes of winning a gold from the tennis courts is still alive with the mixed team reaching the title clash on Friday (September 29).
In the men's doubles event, the Taipei team was unseeded but both Hsu (182) and Jung (231) were better-ranked singles players and it showed in their ground strokes and the way they went about their business in a 6-4 6-4 victory against the second-seeded Indians in the title clash.
It is Ramkumar's first Asian Games medal and third for Myneni, who had won a men's doubles silver with Sanam Singh and a gold with Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles in the 2014 Incheon edition.
"It is my first Asian Games medal, I always wanted to win a medal for India. It was one of my goals and that too coming with Saki (Saketh), very happy about it," Ramanathan said.
"Asian Games is huge and obviously, it's a huge thing to win a medal. But every tournament for us is as huge as the Asian Games. This is a profession, we do this for a living, and we enjoy what we do. Hopefully, we can get more medals for the country the next time," added Ramkumar, who has endured a tough 2023 season.
"Unfortunately we came one short but very happy with whatever we played this week. I think we played some good tennis, and credit to Chinese Taipei today in the final. So very happy with the contribution with the medal to the Indian contingent," Myneni said.
"It's a privilege to play for the country and wear the tri-colour and compete. I think very few times we do that in a year. So it's a great competition, a great event. So glad we could make a contribution."
The Indian tennis contingent is still in contention for a gold medal with Bopanna and Bhosale making the mixed doubles final with a dominating win.
The duo of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale outplayed the Chinese Taipei combine of Chan Hao-ching and Yu-Hsiou Hsu 6-1 6-3 in the mixed doubles semifinal.
Shooting: Palak wins gold in 10m Air Pistol
Palak, 17 years old, performs brilliantly to win the gold medal in the women’s individual 10m Air Pistol event.
Aishwary Pratap Tomar grabs silver in shooting
Aishwary Pratap Tomar grabbed a silver medal in the men’s individual 50m Rifle 3 positions event. With this, Aishwary has won a total of 4 medals so far.
And this is India’s 18th medal overall in shooting.
Squash: Women's team signs off with bronze medal
The Indian women's squash team signed off with a bronze medal after going down fighting to Hong Kong in the semifinals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday (September 29).
The trio of veteran Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh, and Tanvi Khanna went down 1-2 to Hong Kong.
Joshna was the only Indian who won her match as she defeated world number 24 Tze Lok Ho 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8) to level the tie after Tanvi went down meekly (3-0) to Sin Yuk Chan in the opener.
Playing against a higher-ranked and experienced opponent in Lee Ka Yi, the 15-year-old Anahat tried her best.
The teenager saved eight match points as she went from 10-2 to 10-10 in the third game but eventually lost the final (0-3) 8-11, 7-11, 10-12 and the tie.
Badminton: Team led by PV Sindhu lose 0-3 to Thailand, bows out of Asian Games
The Indian women's team, led by PV Sindhu, failed to put up a fight against Thailand, going down 0-3 in the quarterfinals to crash out of the Asian Games on Friday.
It was always going to be a tall task for India to tame the Thai, who boast the likes of former world champion Ratchanok Intanon, world no. 12 Pornpawee Chochuwong and world no. 17 Supanida Katethong in their ranks. However, India couldn't produce a fight with two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu being the only one to take a game off during her 21-14 15-21 14-21 loss against Chochuwong in the opening women's singles match.
After the opening reversal, the onus fell on World number 17 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand to bring India back in contention but the duo lost steam, losing 19-21 5-21 to Jongkolphan Kittitharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai, ranked 10th, in women's doubles. The left-handed Ashmita Chaliha was then humbled by Busanan Ongbamrungphan 9-21, 16-21 in the third match to shut the door on India's medal hopes.
The women's team had won a bronze medal in the 2014 edition in Incheon.
Later in the day, the men's team, led by HS Prannoy, will look to seal India's first badminton medal in the 19th edition when they face Nepal in the quarterfinals.Men’s rifle team clinches historic gold, women settle for silver
The men's 50m rifle 3-positions team, comprising the young trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (591), Swapnil Kusale (591) and Akhil Sheoran (587), overcame the Chinese challenge with ease with a score of 1769 to take the top podium finish, while the hosts were a clear six points adrift with 1763 points.
South Korea was a distant third with 1748 points.
Aishwary and Swapnil shot superbly to make the individual finals as well and are placed first and second after the qualification round. Akhil, despite finishing fifth with 587 in qualification, will miss out on the eight-team finals as only two shooters per country are allowed in the individual medal round.
India has so far amassed 15 medals at the shooting range, of which five are gold.
Teenager Esha led the front as she guided the Indian women's 10m air pistol team to a silver medal. The trio of 18-year-old Esha (579), Palak (577) and Divya TS (575) aggregated 1731 points for their silver medal, while China took the gold with a total of 1736, which is an Asian Games record. Chinese Taipei finished with a bronze, totalling 1723. Esha and Palak will also have a chance to win individual medals as they both made it to the eight-shooter final, placed fifth and seventh after the qualification round. Divya missed the cut, finishing 10th.
The scores in the qualification round decide the team medallists, while eight top-scoring shooters move into the finals to win individual glory. Esha had also claimed a silver medal in the women's individual 25m pistol event on Wednesday, while the trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha and Rhythm Sangwan had fired in tandem to shoot the gold medal in the women's 25m pistol team event on the same day.