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Shah, Chitale Secure Historic Asian Games Table Tennis Medal
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale are Indian table tennis players.
They played a mixed doubles match at the Asian Games.
Their opponents were a highly ranked pair from Hong Kong.
The Indian team won the match three games to one.
This victory placed them in the semifinals.
It also guaranteed India a medal in table tennis at these Games.
They will next play Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin from China.
One report calls this India’s first mixed doubles medal at the Asian Games, while another says it is the second.
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale defeated Hong Kong’s World No. 4 pair 3-1 in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
The Indian duo won 11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5 to reach the semifinals.
Their victory guaranteed India a table tennis medal at the ongoing Asian Games.
Shah and Chitale will face China’s Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin in the semifinals.
Reports differ on whether this is India’s first mixed doubles Asian Games medal or its second.
- Who
- Indian table tennis players Manush Shah and Diya Chitale, against Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting.
- What
- Shah and Chitale won their mixed doubles quarterfinal 3-1 and secured a guaranteed Asian Games medal.
- Where
- At the Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya.
- When
- On Friday, during the ongoing Asian Games.
- Why
- The victory sent the Indian pair to the semifinals and assured India of a table tennis medal.
Second Mixed Doubles Medal
First-Ever Mixed Doubles Medal
How the achievement is described
Second Mixed Doubles Medal
One report says this is India’s second mixed doubles medal at the Asian Games, following Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra’s bronze in Jakarta eight years earlier.
First-Ever Mixed Doubles Medal
Another report describes Shah and Chitale’s result as India’s first-ever mixed doubles Asian Games medal in table tennis.
Key facts
- Event
- Asian Games mixed doubles table tennis
- Quarterfinal result
- Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won 3-1
- Game scores
- 11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5
- Defeated opponents
- Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong
- Next opponents
- Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin of China
- Medal status
- India is guaranteed a table tennis medal at the ongoing Games
- Reported milestone
- Sources differ between India’s first and second mixed doubles Asian Games medal
Sources
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