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Indian Table Tennis Pairs Reach Asian Games Quarter-Finals

Asian Games: Indian table tennis pairs Harmeet-Yashaswini, Manush-Diya enter mixed doubles quarter-finals · livemint.com

Two Indian table tennis pairs won their matches at the Asian Games.

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale beat a pair from the Maldives in three straight games.

Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade defeated a pair from Hong Kong, China, in four games.

This means both Indian pairs reached the quarter-finals.

India had won 10 medals at the Games by Wednesday.

Shooting teams added two bronze medals.

Jay Meena won India’s first Asian Games medal in soft tennis.

Indian athletes also progressed in kabaddi, boxing, and rowing.

Key facts

Event: Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026
Sport: Table tennis mixed doubles
Manush Shah-Diya Chitale: Defeated Ahmed Moosa-Aishath Nazim of the Maldives 3-0: 11-0, 11-7, 11-6.
Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade: Defeated Yiu Kwan To-Ng Wing Lam of Hong Kong, China, 3-1: 11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7.
India’s medal tally: 10 medals, including one gold each in cricket, soft tennis, and mixed martial arts, plus seven in shooting.
Shooting: India won two bronze medals in the women’s and men’s skeet team events.
Standings: India was eighth, while China led with 60 medals.

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