India vs Singapore, Table Tennis Asian Games HIGHLIGHTS: IND men, women register victories against SGP

Sathiyan has all the firepower to close this game. He needs just two to finish things off. 9-6 in favour of the Indian

AND HE DOES IT. SATHIYAN WINS THE FOURTH SET 11-6 AS INDIA COMPLETES A 3-1 WIN OVER SINGAPORE

Final score: 11-7, 12-10, 11-9, 11-6

Nothing to separate the two as the scoreline reads 5-5 in the 4th game

And Sathiyan takes games three 11-9 in seven minutes

Sathiyan held a two-point advantage before Pang took two of his own. 8-8 now

Pang takes the second game 12-10. It’s all square now

Change of fortunes now as Pang has now taken a one point lead. Pang 9-8 Sathiyan

After trailing by 3 points, Pang comes back to snatch three to reduce the deficit to just one point. Sathiyan 7-6 Pang

Sathiyan completes the comeback as he wins the opening game 11-7!

Sathiyan turns the tables as he picks four consecutive points to post a 7-5 lead now

Sathiyan will take on Pang. The latter takes lead early on. Pang 4-3 Sathiyan

Sharath Kamal goes down 5-11 in the 4th game. Singapore pulls one back. INDIA 2-1 SINGAPORE

Four-point deficit for Sharath Kamal now. Scoreline reads Sharath Kamal 2-6 Chew

Sharath sweats it out to win the third game 12-10. Clean sweep still possible from India!

Consecutive loses for Sharath Kamal as he goes down 8-11 in the second game against Chew

Zeng beats Ayhika 7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10

Manika beats Zhou 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3

Sreeja beats Xin Ru 12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7

Zeng beats Manika 11-3, 3-11, 12-10, 10-12, 12-10

Ayhika beats Zhou 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5

Valiant effort! Sharath loses the first game 11-13 against Chew

AND THAT IS IT! AYHIKA TAKES THE FINAL GAME 11-5 AND THE INDIAN WOMEN HAVE BEATEN SINGAPORE 3-2

Final score: 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5

Ayhika is now in a commanding position against Zhou. She leads by a healthy five points. Ayhika 9-4 Zhou

Achanta Sharath Kamal is up against Zhe Yu Clarence Chew. Sharath Kamal is trailing 0-4 in the first game

In game four, Ayhika leads by three points. Ayhika 4-1 Zhou

Ayhika loses the third game. Ayhika 9-11 Zhou!

HARMEET WINS 11-5 AND ALSO WINS THE MATCH! INDIA MEN’S TEAM WINS 2-0 vs SINGAPORE MEN’S

Harmeet hits back hard as he leads by six points now. Harmeet 9-3 Pang

Ayhika still on track. She maintains a three-point lead now. Scoreline reads Ayhika 5-2 Zhou

Ayhika clinches the second game 11-8 in eight minutes! She’s got to keep the form going and win the next game to hand India the win

Harmeet goes down in the fourth game as well 6-11! The match will move to decider now

After two successful games, Harmeet falters. Continues to trail in the fourth game. Pang 9-6 Harmeet

Ayhika continues to lead in the second game as well. Five-point advantage for the Indian now. Ayhika 6-1 Zhou

Harmeet concedes one as he goes down 6-11 to Pang. Harmeet 2-1 Pang now

Ayhika cruises to a 11-7 win in the first game that went on for 9 minutes

Positive start for Ayhika as she leads 5-2 vs Zhou. She now leads 7-3

Ayhika Mukherjee will take on Jungyi Zhou in the decider

Harmeet wins the second game 11-8!

What a game from Zeng! Held her nerve throughout to produce a blinder of a match. She wins it 12-10.

Final score: Zeng beats Manika 11-3, 3-11, 12-10, 10-12, 12-10

Drama! From a two point deficit, Zeng has turned it around to lead by one. Zeng 11-10 Manika

Manika takes the lead at an important juncture. She’s just two points away from awarding a win for India. Manika 9-7 Zeng. She now leads 10-8!!

Harmeet carries over the momentum to the 2nd game as well! He leads 8-4 against Pang!

After Manika clinched three points to start the proceedings of the 5th game, Zeng picked a whopping four points on the trot to assert dominance. Zeng 4-3 Manika

What started off as a dull match for Harmeet has now shifted towards his favour. The Indian was trailing by four points at one juncture but has come back to win the first game 12-10 in 11 minutes

MANIKA WINS IT 12-10! Match moves to deciding game

The game is now within arm’s reach for the Indian. Manika is now 10-8 up against Zeng. Scratch that, DUCE! The match extends as Zeng hits back

Manika finally takes the lead after picking two successive points. Game on! Manika 8-7 Zeng

Harmeet Desai will take on Yew En Koen Pang in men’s singles

Manika continues to trail. The deficit is now just one point. Manika 6-7 Zeng

SATHIYAN TAKE THE FINAL GAME 11-9 in 8 minutes! Final score: 5-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9

Manika is currently leading 4-2 in the potential decider. If she manages to win this, the game will go to 5th game

From being 1-7 down, Sathiyan has come back strong to take a one-point lead! The scoreline reads Sathiyan 9-8 Yong

Sathiyan decreases the deficit with three consecutive points. Sathiyan 5-7

Zeng restores parity. She takes the third game 12-10!

Setback for Sathiyan as the Indian is now trailing by 5 points. Yong 7-2 Sathiyan

It’s all square again as the scoreline now reads Manika 8-8 Zeng

Sathiyan takes the lead. Wins the 3rd game 11-6 against Yong

Manika got three successive points before Zeng pulled a couple back. Manika 3-2 Zeng

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Izaac Yong in men’s singles:

Sathiyan 5-11 Yong - 1st game

Sathiyan 12-10 Yong - 2nd game

A sudden outburst from Manika as she takes the game 11-3 in five minutes

Manika starts off with three consecutive points before Zeng Manika 4-1 Zeng

A whopping seven-point lead for Zeng. She’s just a point away from winning the game. Zeng 10-3 Manika and that will be it. Zeng 11-3 Manika

Zeng maintains the winning momentum as she gets four consecutive points to start off! Zeng 4-0 Manika

Manika will take on Zeng. India will progress to the next round if Manika manages a win here

And she does it in style. Clinches the game 11-7 in 10 minutes. Sreeja beats Xin Ru 12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 in a match that went on for 52 minutes!

Sreeja just two points away from taking the match away as she continues lead by 3 points. Sreeja 9-6 Xin Ru

Sreeja maintains a three-point lead. Scoreline reads 6-3 in favour of the Indian

After conceding two initial points, Sreeja pulls two back of her own to restore parity in the decider

Sreeja wins it 11-9 in 10 minutes

Sreeja takes a four point lead. She’s now just three points away from clinching the match. Sreeja 8-4 Xin Ru

Sreeja is maintaining a slender one-point lead. Sreeja 4-3 Xin Ru

After trailing for the majority of the game, Xin Ru came back strong to collect four consecutive points and take the game 11-8 in 9 minutes

Sreeja continues to lead. 8-7 in favour of the Indian as she has the opportunity to close this in straight games

Sreeja gets a three-point advantage. The scoreline reads Sreeja 5-2 Xin Ru

Xin Ru starts off from where she left the first game but Sreeja bounces back in style to clinch the second game, 11-9 in 10 minutes.

Held to a deuce twice, Xin Ru has the last laugh. 14-12 reads the scoreline.

10-all. Xin Ru takes the advantage after the next rally.

It has been a balanced affair thus far with Sreeja and her opponent picking up five points each.

Sreeja Akula is up against Xin Ru Wong

What a commanding win for the Indian. She cleans Zhou up 11-3 in the final game. Manika beats Zhou 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3 in 35 minutes

A five-point lead for Manika now! Things looking positive for the Indian to take the match. Manika 6-1 Zhou

Into the potential decider now as Manika starts off with three points on the trot

It takes just a couple of minutes for Manika to finish things off. She wins the third game 11-7 in 8 minutes

After acquiring a point each, Manika collects a three consecutive points to assert a four-point lead. Manika 8-4 now

Three minutes into the game and it’s 3-3

Manika gets a couple of points but it doesn’t matter as Zhou pockets the game 11-9 in nine minutes

Manika held the lead briefly at 8-7 before the Singaporean clinched two consecutive points. Two points away from taking the game. Zhou 9-8 Manika

Incredible resilience from the Indian as she collects four points on the trot to make it five all!

After four successive points, Zhou is now leading 5-1 against Manika

And the trend continues as Manika clinches two consecutive points to take the first game 11-9 in 11 minutes

Manika continues to lead as the game is now 9-8 in favour of the Indian. Just two points away from taking the first game lead

Manika Batra is up against Jingyi Zhou. The first game is currently tied at 4 points apiece

Zeng has the last laugh as she pockets the final game 12-10. A gruelling 37-minute tie comes to an end and Singapore leads 1-0 against India.

Final score: Zeng beats Ayhika 7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10

Ayhika gets three consecutive points and extends the game beyond regulation 11 points. Zeng 11-10 Ayhika

Zeng is up by two points at a crucial juncture and is a couple of points away from taking the match. Zeng 9-7 Ayhika now

Five minutes into the fourth game and there’s hardly anything to separate the two paddlers. 5-5 now

After Zeng posted a 3-1 lead, Ayhika collected two back-to-back points to level the scores. 3-3 now and there’s still hope for the Indian to take it to the decider

After an initial hiccup in the game, Zeng hit back hard to take third set 11-7 in nine minutes. Zeng 2-1 Ayhika

Ayhika extended her lead by 3 points before Zeng collected four consecutive points. Ayhika is now trailing 5-6 in the 3rd game

Ayhika starts third game positively as she takes a two-point lead to begin proceedings. 3-1 in favour of the Indian now

Zeng makes short work of Ayhika to take the second game 11-2. She does it in just six minutes

Zeng has now stretched the lead by four points. She currently leads 6-2 in the 2nd game

The Indian is currently trailing game two 2-3

Ayhika brushes Zeng away 11-7 in 10 minutes to pocket the first game

India’s Ayhika Mukherjee will take on Singapore’s Jian Zeng in match 1

Women’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Singapore at 1:30 PM IST

India women’s team:

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Diya Chitale.

Reserves: Archana Kamath, Reeth Rishya.

The Indian women’s team will also open its campaign with a Pool F fixture against Singapore.

That is not the end of the day’s action for India. The side will take on Singapore in its second Pool F match. A win against that opponent will really bolster India’s chances of qualifying for the Round of 16.

Harmeet Desai makes it 3-0 to ensure India starts its team campaign with a comprehensive win. 11-1, 11-1, 11-7 was the score of the third and final match of the tie.

Harmeet Desai will step out for the third match and hope to secure the tie for India. He will be up against Magd Ahmed Ali Aldhubhani.

It is a 2-0 lead for India. Sharath takes just 17 minutes to win 11-3, 11-4, 11-6.

Sharath Kamal will be in action next. He faces Ebrahim Abdulhakim Mohamm Gubran of Yemen.

It was one way traffic in the first match. Sathiyan winning the first games 11-3, 11-2 and 11-6.

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The first match in the India vs Yemen tie will be played between India’s G Sathiyan and Yemen’s Omar Ahmed Ali.

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Diya Chitale.

Reserves: Archana Kamath, Reeth Rishya.

A. Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah.

Reserves: SFR Snehit, Sanil Shetty.

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

1:30 PM IST - Women’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Singapore

3:30 PM IST - Men’s Preliminary - Group F - India vs Singapore

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