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India’s Tennis Contingent Likely To Continue Medal-Winning Trend At Asian Games | Asian Games News
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India’s Tennis Contingent Likely To Continue Medal-Winning Trend At Asian Games | Asian Games News

[ad_1] India have not returned without a men's singles medal in the last three editions of the Asian Games and Sumit Nagal would aim to extend the record at the continental showpiece, where top-seeded Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhmabri will start as gold-medal favourites and Ankita Raina would gun for her second podium finish. The Indians have done reasonably well in the tennis event at the Games, finishing in top-three in the last three editions -- Guangzhou, Incheon and Jakarta & Palembang.Since the Asian region does not boast of many top-100 players, who mainly come from the European nations, India's biggest challenge would come from hosts China, Korea and Japan.Seeded fifth and featuring in the top-half of the draw, Nagal has got a bye in his opening round and his first real test wil...
Asian Games: Indian Men’s Table Tennis Team Register Dominant 3-0 Win Over Tajikistan | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Indian Men’s Table Tennis Team Register Dominant 3-0 Win Over Tajikistan | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The Indian men's table tennis team of Manav Thakkar, Manus Shah and Harmeet Desai registered a comprehensive victory against Tajikistan in their 19th Asian Games match on Saturday.  Playing at the GSP Gymnasium Table 1, the Indian team demolished Tajikistan 3-0. Starting the proceedings for India, Manav wrapped up a win over Afzal Mahmudov in just 17 minutes, giving his team a lead of 1-0 against Tajikistan. The first game saw a close contest but Manav prevailed. The Indian had an easier time of it in the second game, winning it 11-5. He deployed a slightly more aggressive approach against Mahmudov, eventually helping him take the second game with ease. (Medals Tally | Full Schedule)Manav was trailing 4-6 at one stage, with Mahmudov forcing errors out of the Indian. However, a goo...
Asian Games: Indian Men’s, Women’s Table Tennis Teams Enter Pre-Quarters | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Indian Men’s, Women’s Table Tennis Teams Enter Pre-Quarters | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Indian men's TT team off to a good start in Asiad© TwitterIndian men's and women's table tennis teams advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games with comprehensive 3-0 victory over Nepal and Tajikistan respectively in Group F matches here on Saturday. Indian women topped the group with two wins in as many matches, and they will face Thailand in the round of 16. The men also emulated their women counterparts while blanking Tajikistan to top the Group F with an all-win record.Indian women, who had on Friday beaten Singapore, started the match against Nepal on a winning note with Diya Chitale brushing aside Sikka Shreshta 11-1, 11-6, 11-8.Ayhika Mukherjee doubled India's lead with a 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 victory over Nabita Shreshta.Sutirtha Mukherjee then sealed it in India's f...
Asian Games: Indian Women’s Table Tennis Team Cruise Towards Comfortable 3-0 Victory Over Nepal | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Indian Women’s Table Tennis Team Cruise Towards Comfortable 3-0 Victory Over Nepal | Asian Games News

[ad_1] India cruised to 3-0 win over NepalThe Indian women's table tennis team of Diya Parag Chitale, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee kicked off the day on a positive note as India registered a comfortable 3-0 victory over Nepal on Saturday in the Asian Games. Diya kicked off the proceedings for the Indian team against Nepal's Sikka Shrestha. The Indian paddler didn't waste a single moment to establish her dominance in the game.  Within a blink of an eye, she took away the first game by 11-1. She continued to ride on her confidence and took a comfortable five-point lead with the scores reading 7-2.Shrestha tried to stitch up a comeback but it wasn't enough as Diya took away the second game by 11-6.In the third game, Shrestha failed to put pressure on the Indian paddler as Diya se...
Indian Men And Women Paddlers Start Asian Games 2023 Campaign On Winning Note | Asian Games News
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Indian Men And Women Paddlers Start Asian Games 2023 Campaign On Winning Note | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Representative image© X (formerly Twitter)The Indian paddlers began their campaign at the Asian Games on a rousing note with both the men and women teams registering wins in their respective preliminary group matches on Friday. The men's team started off with a facile 3-0 victory over Yemen and then got the better of Singapore 3-1 in their second Group F tie. In their first tie of the Games, veteran Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai made short work of their Yemenese opponents to notch straight game victories. Sathiyan set the ball rolling as he defeated Ali Omar Ahmed 11-3 11-2 11-6 in 14 minutes. The 41-year-old Sharath, playing his last Asian Games, then beat Ebrahim Abdulhakim Mohamm Gubran 11-3 11-4 11-6 to double India's lead.The country's top-ranked player Harmeet ...
Asian Games 2023 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast | Asian Games News
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Asian Games 2023 Opening Ceremony Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony is set to take place at Hangzhou on September 23. Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain will be the flag-bearers of the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) took the decision to have joint flag-bearers for the continental showpiece. A total of 655 Indian athletes are competing in the Asian Games this time, which is the largest contingent ever. Here are the details of the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony -When is the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony?The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony will take place on Saturday, 23 September 2023.At what time will the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony take place?The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony is scheduled to star...
Asian Games 2023: Indian Women’s Table Tennis Team Starts Campaign With Win Over Singapore | Asian Games News
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Asian Games 2023: Indian Women’s Table Tennis Team Starts Campaign With Win Over Singapore | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The Indian women's table tennis team started off their campaign with a hard-fought win over Singapore in their Group F match at the ongoing Asian Games at Hangzhou on Friday.India beat Singapore by 3-2.In the first match of the tie, Ayhika Mukherjee took on Jian Zeng in women's singles competition. Jian won the game by 3-1 (7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10) to give Singapore a 1-0 lead.In the second match of the tie, Manika Batra took on Jingyi Zhou in another women's singles match. Batra reversed the fortunes of Singapore, levelling the scoreline 1-1 with a 3-1 win over the Singaporean (11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3).Sreeja Akula took on Ru Xin Wong in the third match of the tie. This match was a hard-fought won but Sreeja won it by 3-2 (12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7). With this, the scoreline t...
Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule And Event List: All Sports Schedule And Timings  | Asian Games News
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Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule And Event List: All Sports Schedule And Timings | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The much-anticipated Asian Games 2023 will kick-start from Saturday, September 23 in Hangzhou, China. India will be aiming to scale new heights at the Asian Games 2023 after registering their best-ever medal count during the 2018 edition of the event. The 19th edition of the Asian Games will witness a 655-member strong Indian team in action in 41 disciplines out of 61. The Asian Games 2023 will be played across 56 venues, with 481 gold medals on offer. All eyes will be on the Asian Games 2023 medal tally as the likes of Neeraj Chopra, the Indian hockey teams, the badminton duo on Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action.(Asian Games Medals Tally | Asian Games Full Schedule)As far as the Asian Games 2023 schedule is concerned, the continental extravaganza will of...
Asian Games 2023: Rower Balraj Panwar In Finals, Men’s Table Tennis Team Wins | Asian Games News
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Asian Games 2023: Rower Balraj Panwar In Finals, Men’s Table Tennis Team Wins | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Indian rower Balraj Panwar qualified for Final A of the men's single sculls at the Asian Games 2023 on Friday. The 24-year-old Panwar finished third with a timing of 7:22:22 in the semifinal F A/B2 to make the cut for the medal race. There are multiple finals in rowing. However, top three rowers in the Final A will win medals.(Asian Games medals tally)The Indian men's quadruple sculls team, men's lightweight double sculls category, men's double sculls, coxed eight, coxless pair, coxless four in men's section, and coxless four, coxed eight in women's team have all made the finals in the rowing events.Great News from #Rowing Team at #AsianGames2022Balraj Panwar representing in the Men's Single Sculls SF A/B2 qualifies for the final A by finishing rd with a timing of 7:22:22.Congratu...
Asian Games 2023: Indian Men’s Volleyball Team Enters Quarter-finals | Asian Games News
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Asian Games 2023: Indian Men’s Volleyball Team Enters Quarter-finals | Asian Games News

[ad_1] The Indian men's volleyball team continued its impressive run, advancing to the quarterfinals with a clinical 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei at the Asian Games 2023 on Friday. Following their stunning win over South Korea, India on Friday notched up a 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 win over Chinese Taipei in an hour and 25 minutes to progress to the 1-6th place playoffs. India will face either Japan or Kazakhstan on Sunday. (Asian Games medal tally)India lagged 6-10 early on but Erin Varghese helped the side to reduce the gap to 11-13. After lagging for most part, India finally drew parity at 21-21 before Varghese and Ashwal Rai won the final two points to give India the lead.India led 3-0 initially in the second set but Chinese Taipei managed to level the scores at 17-17. However, Indian moved...