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 4:03 PM IST
India vs Singapore - Men's team match
Sathiyan trails 2-7 vs IzazcYong in the fourth game.
- 22 Sept 2023 4:00 PM IST
3rd game: Manika vs Zeng
Manika and Zeng are levelled at 8-8 in the third game in the India vs Singapore women's tie.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:59 PM IST
India vs Singapore - men's team match
G Sathiyan loses the first game 5-11 before winning the second game 12-10. Sathiyan wins the third game too at 11-6.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:58 PM IST
3rd game: Manika leads 3-2
Manika wins three successive points to take a 3-2 lead against Zeng.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:53 PM IST
2nd game: Manika bounces back
Manika wins the second game 11-3 in just five minutes to draw level the match 1-1.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:50 PM IST
2nd game: Zeng leads 4-1
In the second game too, Zeng makes an aggressive start at 4-1.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:47 PM IST
Zeng Jian wins the first game vs Manika Batra
Zeng Jian breaks away to a seven-point lead. Manika Batra could collect only three points. Zeng wins the match 11-3 in the first game.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:44 PM IST
Manika Batra faces Zeng Jian
Manika Batra takes on Zeng Jian. Zengs gets off to an explosive start at 4-0.
- 22 Sept 2023 3:40 PM IST
Sreeja Akula beats Xin Ru Wong, India takes 2-1 lead
Sreeja Akula wins the decider 11-7 against Xin Ru Wong.
Final result: Sreeja Akula beats Xin Ru Wong 3-2 (12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7) in 52 minutes
- 22 Sept 2023 3:38 PM IST
5th game: Sreeja retains lead
Sreeja retains her lead at 9-6 and needs two points to win the match.
