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 8:54 AM GMT
Manika wins four straight points
Manika makes it 5-5 to draw level against Zhou. It is going to be a thriller of a contest.
- 22 Sep 2023 8:52 AM GMT
Manika trails in the 2nd game
Zhou takes a massive 5-1 lead in the second game against Manika.
- 22 Sep 2023 8:49 AM GMT
Manika wins the first game
Two straight points for Manika as the Indian wins the first game 11-9 in 11 minutes against Zhou.
- 22 Sep 2023 8:48 AM GMT
First game: Manika makes a solid start
Manika gains a 9-8 lead. She now needs two points to take the lead in the match.
- 22 Sep 2023 8:44 AM GMT
Manika Batra in action
Manika Batra takes on Jingyi Zhou in the second match of the tie between India and Singapore. The first game is now square at 4-all.
- 22 Sep 2023 8:41 AM GMT
Ayhika loses, India trails 0-1 vs Singapore
Ayhika loses the fourth game 10-12 against Jian Zeng and the match 1-3. India now trails 0-1 in the tie.
Final result: Jian Zeng beats Ayhika Mukherjee 7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10
- 22 Sep 2023 8:39 AM GMT
4th game: Ayhika pushes Zeng
Three straight points for Ayhika. She now trails 10-11 against Jian Zeng
- 22 Sep 2023 8:37 AM GMT
4th game: Ayhika trails 7-9
Zeng gains a 9-7 lead in the fourth game. Can Ayhika make a turnaround from here?
- 22 Sep 2023 8:32 AM GMT
Close fight in the 4th game
Jian Zeng breaks away to a 3-1 point before Ayhika makes it 3-3. Ayhika makes it 5-5 again. Will the Indian paddler enforce a decider?
- 22 Sep 2023 8:27 AM GMT
Zeng takes a 2-1 lead
Ayhika loses the third game 7-11 as Jian Zeng gains a 2-1 lead in the first match of India's tie against Singapore.
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