Table Tennis HIGHLIGHTS Asian Games 2023: Indian men’s team beat Tajikistan 3-0, women’s go past Nepal 3-0 to advance to next round

Manav bt Mahmudov 11-8, 11-5, 11-8

Shah bt Sultonov 13-11, 11-7, 11-5

Desai bt Ismoilzada 11-1, 11-3, 11-5

1. India - 3 wins in 3 matches

2. Singapore - 2 wins in 3 matches

3. Yemen - 1 win in 3 matches

4. Tajikistan - 3 losses in 3 matches

Manav had six match points and he gets a super easy win of 11-5 as another Indian gets a straight-game win.

FINAL SCORE: 11-1, 11-3, 11-5

Belligrent Harmeet looks in a hurry as he leads 5-1 in the third game and India is just minutes away to confirm its position in the round of 16 officially.

No change of fortunes for the young Tajikistani as he loses the second game but with lesser margin. Harmeet names the second game 11-3.

Ibrokhim’s shot goes out of bounds as he gifts a point to the Indian to start the second game.

And within a swoosh it is game for Harmeet, who wins it 11-1.

Harmeet makes it a 6-0 game before Ibrokhim finally gets a point off the Indian’s error.

Harmeet gets off the mark with three consecutive points.

Harmeet Rajul Desai (IND) vs Ibrokhim Ismoilzoda (TJK)

Manush seals the deal for India in the second match winning in straight games. he wins the third game 11-5.

FINAL SCORE: 13-11, 11-7, 11-5

Manush is not in any mood to give chance to his opponent as he leads 9-5.

Sultonov’s shot caught by net and after an unlucky start, the Tajikistani’s finally took a point only after conceding first three points to Manush. 1-3.

Clinical finish in the end by Manush to win the second game 11-7.

Manush made a huge comeback to take back four points and now the Indian is enjoying a two-point lead 7-5.

Manush’s shot goes out of bounds before his shot goes into the net as Sultonov makes it two point lead for himself - 3-5.

Manush drops back-to-back points after getting a two-nil lead. Sultonov gets into the lead quickly to make it 3-2 in the second game.

He misses to convert the game point but manages to comeback again and finish the tighty-contest first game with 13-11.

Sultonov gets a game point but he wastes with an error. Manush pounced and take two points to give him a game point.

A brilliant return from Manush before forcing an error from Sultonov to restore parity at nine-all.

Sultonov doubles the lead and he manages to maintain the lead further to make it a 9-7 game.

Make it 4-4 before Sultonov gets into the lead.

A neck-and-neck start to the game as Manush gets off the mark with a point before the Tajikistani takes back a point. The game moved further with scoreline reading two-all and then three-all.

India’s Manush Utpalbhai Shah goes in front of Ubaydullo Sultonov. Can he continue India’s dominace and win in straight sets? Let’s see.

A comprehensive win at the end as the world no. 86 Manav wins in straight games.

FINAL SCORE: 11-8, 11-5, 11-8

Manav forces Mahmudov to make errors to give himself three match points. 7-10.

Another set of points traded as the scoreline reads seven-all.

The Tajikistani backs it up and puts himself in the lead for the first time in the match. He makes it a 6-4 scoreline before the Indian took back two points in a row.

A mini-comeback from Mahmudov to restore parity at three-all.

Mahmudov makes an error to gift first point to Manav Thakkar in the third game. Manav quickly doubles the lead before missing the forehand smash. 2-1 now.

After dropping three quick points, Thakkar slows things down by finishing the second game with a 11-5 win.

Much-better start for Thakkar in the second game. He shows his skill while keeping his calm to get a six point lead with scoreline of 7-1 at the moment.

Manav holds off Mahmudov by taking three points in the end to seal the first game 11-8.

Thakkar off to a nervy start as he only leads just by a point as scoreline reads 8-7 at the moment.

Manav dops a point after taking two consecutive points - 7-5. A shaky start for the Indian.

Manav takes an early leads of 3-2 against Mahmudov.

The first matchup is between India’s Manav Vikash Thakkar and Tajikistan’s Afzalkhon Mahmudov.

1. Manav Vikash Thakkar (IND) vs Afzalkhon Mahmudov (TJK)

2. Manush Utpalbhai Shah (IND) vs Ubaydullo Sultonov (TJK)

3. Harmeet Rajul Desai (IND) vs Ibrokhim Ismoilzoda (TJK)

4. Manush Utpalbhai Shah (IND) vs Afzalkhon Mahmudov (TJK)

5. Manav Vikash Thakkar (IND) vs Ubaydullo Sultonov (TJK)

Indian men’s team will face Tajikistan in the last Group F match at 9:30 AM IST.

The women’s team is through to the next round after topping group f, winning both of their matches against Singapore and Nepal.

India - 2 wins in 2 matches

Singapore - 1 win in 2 matches

Nepal - 2 losses in 2 matches

Here we go, India makes it to the next round as Sutirtha wins 11-2 in the third game to hand Evana Thapa Magar a 3-0 loss.

Final Score: 11-1, 11-5, 11-2

Sutirtha wins the second game 11-5 and India is just a game away from making it to the next round!

Sutirtha takes three and drops as many points in the next one minute, nonetheless, the Indian enjoys an 8-4 lead in the second game till now.

A similar story follows in the second game as well. Sutirtha takes a 5-1 lead in the first 2 minutes.

Evana Thapa managed to take just a point as the Indian cleaned up an 11-1 first-game win.

A clinical start from Sutirtha who started off with a 3-0 lead and extended it to 8-0 within a flash.

Sutirtha Mukherjee will face Evana Thapa Magar in the third match and will eye to wrap things quickly for India.

Make it 11-2 as Ayhika finishes on high to win three easy games and give India a 2-0 lead over Nepal in the match.

Final Score: 11-3, 11-7, 11-2

No chance was given by Ayhika in the third game as she dominated to lead 9-2 within the first three minutes.

A clean finish at the end by Ayhika Mukherjee to win 11-7 and take a 2-0 lead in the second match.

Ayhika quickly takes back two points to lead 7-5.

Much better from Nabita who brings the score to five-all in the second game.

6 minutes and the first game is done. Ayhika won 11-3 as India continues to dominate a much lower-ranked Nepal

She takes four back-to-back points and extends her lead to 6 points as the scoreline reads 9-3 at the moment.

Ayhika starts off with a 2-1 lead and converts it to a 5-3 scoreline in the first game of the second match.

Ayhika Mukherjee will be up against Nabita Shrestha in the second match.

It took Diya Chitale only 13 minutes to wrap up the first game as she won 3-0 to give India an early lead in the match.

Final Score: 11-1, 11-6, 11-8

Sikka Shrestha is not able to put any pressure on the Indian as Diya leads comfortably 5-2 in the third game.

And with no time, Diya Parag wins the second game 11-6.

The Indian paddler is making inroads, leading 7-2 at the moment in the game 2.

Diya Parag takes no time to win the first game, thrashing Sikka Shrestha by 11-1.

The first match begins as Diya Parag Chitale of India goes up against Sikka Shrestha of Nepal.

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Murkherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Diya Chitale

Group F: India, Singapore, Nepal

1. Diya Parag Chitale (IND) vs Sikka Shrestha (NEP)

2. Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) vs Nabita Shrestha (NEP)

3. Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND) vs Evana Thapa Magar (NEP)

4. Diya Parag Chitale (IND) vs Nabita Shrestha (NEP)

5. Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) vs Sikka Suwal Shrestha (NEP)

The women’s team will face Nepal in the Group F match and a win would take them to the next round.

SAILING

8:30 AM IST ONWARDS - Men’s Skiff - 49er: KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar

8:30 AM IST ONWARDS - Mixed Dinghy - 470: Sudhanshu Shekhar-Preeti Kongara

8:30 AM IST ONWARDS - Boy’s Dinghy - ILCA4: Adhvait Menon

8:34 AM IST ONWARDS - Men’s Windsurfing - iQFoil-Jerome Kumar Savarimuthu

8:40 AM IST ONWARDS - Women’s Skiff - 49erFX: Harshita Tomar-Shital Verma

8:40 AM IST ONWARDS - Girl’s Dinghy - ILCA4: Neha Thakur

11:30 AM IST ONWARDS - Women’s Single Dinghy - ILCA6: Nethra Kumanan

11:30 AM IST ONWARDS - Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17: Siddeshwar Indar Doiphode and Ramya Saravanan

11:30 AM IST ONWARDS - Men’s Windsurfer - RS-X: Eabad Ali

11:34 AM IST ONWARDS - Men’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite: Chitresh Tatha

11:40 AM IST ONWARDS - Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7: Vishnu Saravanan

11:40 AM IST ONWARDS - Women’s Windsurfer - RS-X: Ishwariya Ganesh

TABLE TENNIS

7:30 AM IST - Women’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Nepal

9:30 AM IST - Men’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Tajikistan

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