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Indian Women’s Doubles Pairs Reach Asian Games Pre-Quarterfinals
Two Indian teams in women’s doubles table tennis won their matches at the Asian Games.
Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das played against a team from Mongolia.
They won all three games.
Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale played against a team from Iran.
They also won all three games.
This means both Indian teams moved into the pre-quarterfinal round.
Sreeja and Syndrela will next play Kuai Man and Wang Manyu from China.
Yashaswini and Diya will face Fan Shuhan and Chen Yi from China.
Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das defeated Mongolia’s Burenjargal Sanjaa and Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh 3-0.
Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale beat Iran’s Setayesh Iloukhani and Mahshid Ashtari 3-0.
Sreeja and Syndrela won 11-5, 11-4, 12-10 in their second-round match.
Yashaswini and Diya won 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 without dropping a game.
Both Indian pairs will face Chinese combinations in the pre-quarterfinals.
- Who
- Indian pairs Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das and Yashaswini Ghorpade-Diya Chitale.
- What
- Both pairs won their second-round women’s doubles matches and advanced to the Asian Games pre-quarterfinals.
- Where
- The table tennis competition at the Asian Games.
- When
- Thursday.
- Why
- They defeated their Mongolian and Iranian opponents in straight games.
Key facts
- Event
- Asian Games table tennis competition
- Indian pair 1
- Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das
- Indian pair 1 result
- 3-0 over Burenjargal Sanjaa and Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh
- Indian pair 1 score
- 11-5, 11-4, 12-10
- Indian pair 2
- Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale
- Indian pair 2 result
- 3-0 over Setayesh Iloukhani and Mahshid Ashtari
- Next opponents
- Kuai Man and Wang Manyu; Fan Shuhan and Chen Yi






