Table Tennis
Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis: Yashaswini-Payas win India's first-ever mixed doubles gold
Yashaswini Ghorpade and Payas Jain won the country's first-ever mixed doubles medal when they bagged the gold at the ongoing Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships.
The Indian mixed doubles pair of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Payas Jain won the country's first-ever mixed doubles medal when they bagged the gold at the ongoing Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships on Tuesday.
The Indians defeated China's Xinyuan Han and Yuxuan Xin 3-2 in a hard fought final to be crowned the champions.
Ghorpade and Jain started off well in the final, winning the first two sets 11-9 and 11-1 respectively. The Chinese, however, hit back to win the next two sets, but the Indians wrapped it up with a 11-8 win in the fifth set to take home the title with a 3-2 win.
Earlier, Ghorpade and Jain had recieved a bye in the Round of 32 before defeating the pair from Qatar 3-1 in the Round of 16. They followed this up with an identical 3-2 win over the duo from South Korea and Hong Kong respectively to enter the final.
