Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Indian Table Tennis Pairs Reach Asian Games Quarter-Finals
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.
Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade defeated Hong Kong, China’s Yiu Kwan To-Ng Wing Lam 3-1.
Manush Shah-Diya Chitale beat Maldives’ Ahmed Moosa-Aishath Nazim 3-0 in 15 minutes.
Both Indian pairs advanced to the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
India’s medal tally reached 10, including seven shooting medals and three golds.
India also won shooting bronzes, a soft tennis bronze, and advanced in kabaddi, boxing, and rowing.
- Who
- Indian pairs Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade and Manush Shah-Diya Chitale.
- What
- Both pairs advanced to the mixed doubles quarter-finals after winning their Round 3 matches.
- When
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
- Where
- The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan.
- Why
- They won their respective matches: Manush and Diya prevailed 3-0, while Harmeet and Yashaswini won 3-1.
- 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.