Joshna knocked out in pre-quarters
October 02, 2023 15:30
India's old war horse in squash, Saurav Ghosal moved into the quarter-finals with 3-0 win in the 2nd round. He received 1st round Bye.
In the other men's singles match, Mahesh Mangaonkar lost to Ryunosuke Tsukue 0-3. in the 2nd round.
Earlier, star Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa made a shock exit from the women's singles event after losing 1-3 to lower-ranked Heo Mingyeong of South Korea in the pre-quarterfinals on Monday.
The 37-year-old, who received a first round bye, went down 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 8-11 in 37 minutes to the South Korean, ranked 158th, in the round of 16.
Joshna had won a singles bronze in the 2018 edition of the Asian Games.
The other Indian in the fray, Tanvi Khanna progressed to the quarter-finals with an easy 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 win over Arichaya Chujit of Thailand.
The Indian mixed doubled pair of Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh continued its winning run to enhance its chances of making the quarter-final.
The duo cruised to 2-0 (11-5 11-6) win over Thailand's Anantana Prasertratanakul and Arkaradet Arkarahirunya to stay on top of group D.
Kabaddi: In a big shock, the India women's kabaddi team were held to a 34-34 tie by Chinese Taipei in their opening match at the Asian Games.
The Indians were in control right from the start before the Chinese Taipei women staged a stunning comeback in the last few minutes to leave their opponents shell-shocked.
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