Asian Games
Asian Games Table Tennis: Indian men & women teams beat Singapore - HIGHLIGHTS
Catch the highlights of Indian men's and women's table tennis teams' group stage matches from the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Manika Batra (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Indian table tennis players have had a terrific start to the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Indian men's team started their day with a 3-0 thrashing of Yemen, and the women's team then edged Singapore women 3-2. In the day's final tie against the Singapore men's team, India's G Sathiyan, the stand-out performer, won two matches and Harmeet Desai one to guide India to a 3-1 win. These wins will give a boost to India's Round of 16 chances.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 22 Sept 2023 10:15 AM IST
Harmeet Desai plays the third match
India's no. 1 paddler Harmeet Desai faces Ahmed Ali Aldhubani in the third match. If India wins this match, it will seal the tie.
- 22 Sept 2023 10:12 AM IST
Sharath Kamal gives India a 2-0 lead
Sharath wins the second match of the tie against Yemen and gives India a 2-0 lead. Sharath needs just 17 minutes to wrap up the match 11-3, 11-4, 11-6.
- 22 Sept 2023 10:05 AM IST
Sharath Kamal next in action
Sharath Kamal will play the next match in the tie against Yemen. He takes on Ebrahim Gubran.
- 22 Sept 2023 10:04 AM IST
India men's team takes the lead
Sathiyan gives India a 1-0 lead. He registers a comfortable 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 win over Omar Ahmed Ali.
- 22 Sept 2023 9:53 AM IST
Indian paddlers at the Asian Games
India won two medals in table tennis at the Asian Games - both in 2018. Sharath Kamal was the standout performer. He won the bronze medal with the men's team and won another in mixed doubles with Manika Batra.
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- 22 Sept 2023 9:41 AM IST
Order of play
Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal will play two matches in the Yemen tie.
Men's Singles: G Sathiyan vs Omar Ahmed Ali
Men's Singles: Sharath Kamal vs Gubran Ebrahim
Men's Singles: Harmeet Desai vs Ahmed Ali Aldhubani
Men's Singles: G Sathiyan vs Ebrahim Gubran
Men's Singles: Sharath Kamal vs Omar Ahmed Ali
- 22 Sept 2023 9:35 AM IST
Sathiyan takes on Ahmed Ali
G Sathiyan will play Yemen's Omar Ahmed Ali in India's first match in the Yemen tie in the men's team group stage match.
- 22 Sept 2023 9:27 AM IST
India's TT matches today
Men’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Yemen at 9:30 AM IST
Women’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Singapore at 1:30 PM IST
Men’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Singapore at 3:30 PM IST
- 22 Sept 2023 8:15 AM IST
Indian Teams
Men's team: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah
Women's team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Diya Chitale
