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:
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- 22 Sep 2023 9:16 AM GMT
Manika beats Zhou, India 1-1 Singapore
Manika Batra registers a terrific 11-3 win against Jingyi Zhou in the third game
Final result: Manika Batra beat Jingyi Zhou 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3 in 35 minutes
- 22 Sep 2023 9:12 AM GMT
4th game: Manika leads 6-1
Manika gains a five-point lead over Zhou and takes a 6-1 lead in the match.
- 22 Sep 2023 9:11 AM GMT
4th game: 3 straight points for Manika
Manika begins the fourth game with three straight points against Zhou. Can Manika enforce the decider for India?
- 22 Sep 2023 9:08 AM GMT
Manika wins the 3rd game, regains the lead
Manika Batra bags the third game 11-7. She requires just eight minutes to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
- 22 Sep 2023 9:06 AM GMT
3rd game: Manika gains massive lead
Three straight points for Manika. She now has an 8-4 lead against Zhou in the third game.
- 22 Sep 2023 9:02 AM GMT
3rd game: Manika vs Zhou
It is 3-3 at the start of the third game between Manika and Zhou.
- 22 Sep 2023 8:59 AM GMT
Manika concedes the lead, Zhou restores the parity
Manika concedes her 8-7 lead as Zhou breaks away to a 9-8 lead before winning the second game 11-9 in nine minutes.
