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 1:54 PM IST
Ayhika trails in the 3rd game
Zeng makes a turnaround to gain a point a lead at 6-5.
- 22 Sept 2023 1:50 PM IST
Ayhika starts 3rd game with a lead
Ayhika makes an aggressive start in the third game, taking a 3-1 lead.
- 22 Sept 2023 1:47 PM IST
Ayhika concedes the lead
Jian Zeng wins the second game 10-2 against Ayhika to level the match in six minutes.
- 22 Sept 2023 1:45 PM IST
Ayhika trails in the 2nd game
Zeng is trying to make a turnaround in the second game. She now leads 6-2 in the second game.
- 22 Sept 2023 1:43 PM IST
Ayhika wins the opening game
Ayhika Mukherjee comes from behind to get the better of Jian Zeng 11-7 in the first game. Ayhika needs ten minutes to gain the lead.
- 22 Sept 2023 1:27 PM IST
Ayhika Mukherjee takes on Jian Zeng
Ayhika Mukherjee will play the first match in the Singapore tie. She faces Jian Zeng.
- 22 Sept 2023 12:59 PM IST
Indian women's team in action
Indian women's team led by Manika Batra will take on Singapore in the preliminary Pool F tie at 1:30 PM IST.
Women's team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Diya Chitale
- 22 Sept 2023 11:15 AM IST
The women's team faces Singapore
Indian women's team will also play Singapore in its Pool F tie at 1:30 PM.
- 22 Sept 2023 11:14 AM IST
The men's team next faces Singapore
The Indian men's team will play Singapore in its second Pool F tie later today at 3:30 PM. A win in the tie will solidify India's chances of qualifying for the pre-quarterfinals.
- 22 Sept 2023 10:26 AM IST
Harmeet seals the contest for India
Harmeet Desai wins the third match 11-1, 11-1, 11-7 in 16 minutes against Ahmed Ali Aldhubani and seals the group stage tie for India against Yemen 3-0. A great start for the Indian men's team, the 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist.
