Tennis: Indian mixed doubles pair Bopanna and Bhosale in semis

Indian mixed doubles pair Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale, seeded second, secured their spot in the semi-finals with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over the eighth-seeded Grigoriy Lomakin and Zhibek Kulambayeva from Kazakhstan at the Asian Games 2023. After a closely fought first set, the Indian duo displayed superior performance in the second set, outmatching their opponents from Kazakhstan.

This victory guarantees Bopanna and Bhosale a medal at Hangzhou, marking the first Indian mixed doubles tennis medal since 2014 when Saketh Myneni and Sania Mirza won gold.

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale are set to face Chinese Taipei's Chan Hao-ching and Hsu Yu-hsiou in the mixed doubles semi-final tomorrow.