HANGZHOU (China): Indian women’s table tennis team started off their campaign with a hard-fought win over Singapore in their Group F match at the ongoing Asian Games.
In the first match of the tie, Ayhika Mukherjee took on Jian Zeng in women’s singles competition. Jian won the game by 3-1 (7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10) to give Singapore a 1-0 lead.
In the second match of the tie, Manika Batra took on Jingyi Zhou in another women’s singles match. Batra reversed the fortunes of Singapore, levelling the scoreline 1-1 with a 3-1 win over the Singaporean (11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3).
Sreeja Akula took on Ru Xin Wong in the third match of the tie. This match was a hard-fought won but Sreeja won it by 3-2 (12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7). With this, the scoreline turned in India’s favour at 2-1.
In volleyball event, Indian men’s team continued its impressive run, advancing to the quarterfinals with a clinical 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei.
Following their stunning win over South Korea, India on Friday notched up a 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 win over Chinese Taipei in an hour and 25 minutes to progress to the 1-6th place playoffs. India will face either Japan or Kazakhstan on Sunday.
