Table Tennis
Asian Table Tennis C'ships: Indian men's team win third consecutive bronze medal-Highlights
The Indian men's team have secured their third consecutive medal at the Asian Championships, thanks to their win against Kazakhstan.
The Indian men's table tennis team is taking on Chinese Taipei in the semifinals of the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday.
Following that, the mixed doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Manika Batra are playing against Ri Jon-Sik and Kim Kum Yong of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the round of 16.
The men's team match is tentatively scheduled to start at 12:30 PM, IST and the mixed doubles match at 3 PM, IST.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 10 Oct 2024 8:30 AM GMT
Game four, Kao 4-6 Thakkar
Two very good points from Kao, as he is mounting a comeback after being four points down.
- 10 Oct 2024 8:29 AM GMT
Game four, Kao 2-6 Thakkar
Kao is starting to feel the heat, and is four-points down now.
- 10 Oct 2024 8:29 AM GMT
Game four, Kao 1-4 Thakkar
What a wonderful rally!
Thakkar kept it simple, all he did was return Kao's smashes and forced Kao to make a mistake, which he did.
More of this is what Thakkar would need. Good start to him in game four.
- 10 Oct 2024 8:26 AM GMT
Game three, Kao 11-3 Thakkar
After a very close second game, Kao Cheng-Jui brought the heat in game three and Manav Thakkar couldn't deal with it.
Another win for Kao and it would become 2-0 for Chinese Taipei in the semifinals.
- 10 Oct 2024 8:25 AM GMT
Game three, Kao 9-3 Thakkar
Kao Cheng-Jui has run away with this game, and is two away from winning it and making it 2-1.
- 10 Oct 2024 8:24 AM GMT
Game three, Kao 7-3 Thakkar
Thakkar's placement in his backhand block goes wide of the table, and Kao has a four-point advantage!
- 10 Oct 2024 8:23 AM GMT
Game three, Kao 5-3 Thakkar
Kao Cheng-Jui has taken a lead in the third game, but Manav Thakkar has shown he can fight back.
- 10 Oct 2024 8:22 AM GMT
Game three, Kao 2-2 Thakkar
Game three starts off with very little to separate the two paddlers.
