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Asian Games: Indian Women’s Doubles Exit as Rain Delays Nagal
India’s women’s doubles tennis team lost its first match at the Asian Games.
Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale won the first set against Kazakhstan.
Their opponents, Anna Danilina and Yulia Putintseva, won the next set.
The Kazakh pair also won the final tie-break.
This ended India’s women’s doubles campaign.
However, Raina and Bhosale can still play in mixed doubles.
Sumit Nagal’s singles match was stopped by rain.
He was leading Hong Seongchan 3-2 when play was suspended.
The match will continue on Tuesday.
Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale lost to Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Yulia Putintseva in the women’s doubles opening round.
The Indian pair won the first set 7-5 before the Kazakh duo recovered with a 6-3 second-set victory.
Danilina and Putintseva won the deciding match tie-break 10-5 to complete the comeback.
Sumit Nagal was leading South Korea’s Hong Seongchan 3-2 when rain suspended their men’s singles match.
Nagal’s match will resume Tuesday, while Raina and Bhosale remain in the mixed doubles competition.
- Who
- Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale, Anna Danilina, Yulia Putintseva, Sumit Nagal and Hong Seongchan.
- What
- Raina and Bhosale were eliminated from women’s doubles, while Nagal’s men’s singles match was suspended by rain.
- Where
- The matches were held at the Asian Games in Nagoya.
- When
- The women’s doubles match took place Monday; Nagal’s match is scheduled to resume Tuesday.
- Why
- The doubles match ended in Kazakhstan’s favor after a three-set comeback, while rain interrupted Nagal’s match.
Key facts
- Event
- Asian Games 2026
- Women’s doubles result
- Anna Danilina and Yulia Putintseva defeated Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale
- Score
- 5-7, 6-3, 10-5
- Nagal’s score when suspended
- Sumit Nagal led Hong Seongchan 3-2
- Reason for suspension
- Rain
- Resumption
- Nagal’s match is rescheduled for Tuesday
- Remaining opportunity
- Raina and Bhosale are also entered in mixed doubles
Sources
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