Archive · 22 Sep 2026
India Women Exit Asian Games Table Tennis Quarterfinals
India’s women’s table tennis team first beat Thailand in a very close match.
That win helped them reach the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, they played North Korea.
North Korea won all three matches without losing a game.
This ended the women’s team competition for India.
India’s men’s team had already been eliminated in the round of 16.
They lost all three matches against South Korea.
The reports differ on whether Sreeja Akula won or lost India’s opening match against Thailand, but they agree that India advanced 3-2 and later lost to North Korea.
India’s women lost 0-3 to North Korea in the Asian Games quarterfinals.
The women had reached the last eight by defeating Thailand 3-2.
Kim Kum Yong, Pyon Song Gyong, and Cha Su Yong won North Korea’s three matches.
India’s men were eliminated in the round of 16 after a 0-3 loss to South Korea.
Harmeet Desai, Manush Shah, and Manav Thakkar all lost their matches against South Korean opponents.
- Who
- The Indian women’s and men’s table tennis teams, along with teams from Thailand, North Korea, and South Korea.
- What
- India’s women advanced past Thailand but lost 0-3 to North Korea in the quarterfinals; the men lost 0-3 to South Korea in the round of 16.
- When
- Tuesday.
- Where
- At the Asian Games table tennis venue; India’s match against Thailand was played at Sky Hall.
- Why
- The women were eliminated after losing all three quarterfinal matches to North Korea, while the men exited after losing all three round-of-16 matches to South Korea.
- Women’s quarterfinal result
- India lost 0-3 to North Korea.
- Women’s earlier result
- India defeated Thailand 3-2 to reach the quarterfinals.
- North Korean winners
- Kim Kum Yong, Pyon Song Gyong, and Cha Su Yong won their matches.
- Men’s result
- India lost 0-3 to South Korea in the round of 16.
- Indian men’s players
- Harmeet Desai, Manush Shah, and Manav Thakkar lost their matches.
- Reported discrepancy
- The reports disagree on whether Sreeja Akula won or lost India’s opening match against Thailand.
- Thailand match venue
- The women’s match against Thailand was played at Sky Hall.