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Badminton: Women’s Doubles Round of 32 – Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Hong Kong
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fight back from a game down to beat Hong Kong’s Tsang Hiu Yan and Lui Lok Lok 21-16, 16-21, 21-16 in the Round of 32.
India won the opening game 21-16, but Hong Kong responded by taking the second 21-16. Treesa and Gayatri then held their nerve in the third game, winning 21-16 to seal the match 2-1 after 1 hour and 16 minutes.
Badminton: Women’s Doubles Round of 32 – Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Hong Kong
Decider: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lead 19-13 in the third game, just two points away from reaching 21.
Athletics, Women's Shot Put Final: Manpreet Kaur overtakes Krishna with a 16.80m throw on her third attempt
Manpreet Kaur further improved her distance by 39 centimetres to 16.80m on her third attempt, entering the medal positions ahead of Krishna Jayashankar.
Meanwhile, Krishna made an attempt of 15.94m on her third attempt and slipped to 5th place with her best of 16.57m, behind Korea's Yu Jeong by 3 centimetres.
Badminton: Women’s Doubles Round of 32 – Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Hong Kong
Decider: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lead 11-8 midway through the third game. The Indian pair are now 10 points away from closing out the match.
Athletics, Women's Shot Put Final: Manpreet Kaur betters her mark to 16.41m; currently in 5th
Manpreet Kaur improved her distance by nine centimetres to 16.41m on her second attempt, but she is still in 5th place, behind South Korea's Yu Jeong's 16.52m.
Meanwhile, Krishna made an attempt of 16.51m on her second attempt and couldn't improve her mark of 16.57m and is still in third place.
Athletics, Women's Shot Put Final: Krishna Jayashankar starts with 16.57m; currently in 3rd
Krishna had a decent start to the final, with a 16.57m on her first attempt. She is currently in third, trailing the two Chinese shot putters on the podium.
Meanwhile, Manpreet Kaur started with a 16.32m on her first attempt and is in 5th place after the first round of throws.
Badminton: Women’s Doubles Round of 32 – Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Hong Kong
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lead 4-3 in the third game against Hong Kong.
Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles Semi-final: Manush Diya loses 0-4; Settles for a BRONZE medal
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale clinched the bronze medal after losing in straight games, 8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 2-11, to China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semis.
This is India's second-ever mixed doubles medal in Table Tennis, followed by a bronze in 2018 by Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal.
It's also just the fourth medal ever for India in table tennis, continuing India's medal streak at the Asian Games.
Badminton: Women’s Doubles Round of 32 – Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Hong Kong
Game 2: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bounce back to win the second game 21-16, levelling the tie at 1-1. The match goes into the decider.
Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles Semi-final: Manush-Diya trails 0-3
Manush and Diya are not able to find even one game, despite making a good comeback from 0-6 to 6-6, but then China once again came out on top, winning 11-8 in the third game.
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