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Suhana loses in 5 games, ends campaign with bronze

The fourth game is taken by Goda 11-8. That's the end of Suhana's campaign. She finishes with a bronze - the first whole medal for India in 18 years.  

Suhana Saini might have made a bright start to her semifinal but the Egyptian world number 1 began to dominate proceedings from the third game onwards. It's all over in five games - with Goda beating Saini by 4 games to 1. 

Suhana Saini down by 1-3 after four games

Goda takes command of the third game. A huge 8-point lead between her and Suhana as she goes 10-2 up. Seals it at 11-3. It's 2-1 to the Egyptian after three games. The third game goes Goda's way too. The Indian now needs to win all the remaining games to win this match.

2nd Game: Suhana wins 11-9

Suhana roars back in the second game and wins it 11-9. Goda hits the last shot of the game long and crouches in agony. It's 1-1 after the first two games.

Suhana vs Goda: Goda wins first game 12-10

Suhana Saini's semifinal begins. It's all even-steven in the first game - before the Indian begins to draw away, building up a 3-point lead to go up 8-5. But then the Egyptian fights back and earns the first game point. And wins it 12-10.

The SAINI Suhana/MATIUNINA Veronika pair lost against GODA Hana/HARIMOTO Miwa in 0-3 sets in the semifinal of U15 girls Doubles category earlier in the tournament. Now Suhana is a game down in the singles semifinal to Goda as well.

Schedule of semi-final matches

It's a big day for Indian table tennis! Suhana Saini and Payas Jain - remember the names. Having reached the semis, both are assured of at least bronze medals. Can they go even better?

Schedule for the day (in IST)

U1️⃣5️⃣: Suhana Saini vs Hana Goda (Egypt) - 3.30pm

U1️⃣9️⃣: Payas Jain vs Xiang Peng (China) - 5pm

If Suhana and Payas reach the finals, Suhana's final will be at 9 pm and Payas's final will be at 11 pm.