- 15-year-old Shardul Vihan has won a silver in Men’s Double Trap
- Big upset in kabaddi as seven-time defending champions India lose semi-final, settle for bronze.
- Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan entered the gold medal match of the men’s doubles event
- Ankita Raina lost her women’s singles tennis semi-final and will finish with a bronze.
- Prajnesh Gunneswaran is assured a medal after reaching men’s singles semi-final in tennis
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Tennis: Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina Crash Out
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina crash out of the mixed doubles quarter-final after losing 4-6, 6-1, 6-10 to Indonesia’s Christopher Rungkat and Aldila Sutjiadi.
Tennis: Prajnesh Confirms Medal
Prajnesh Gunneswaran has ensured a third medal in tennis for India after winning a marathon quarter-final against Korea’s Kwon Soonwookwon.
India’s second singles specialist at the Games after Yuki Bhambri elected to play the US Open qualifiers instead of the Asian Games, Prajnesh went neck and neck with the Korean in the first set before losing it in a tiebreak. He bagged the second 6-4 in 41 minutes but the decider was one for the ages.
An entire two hours in which the both players exchanged the advantage ultimately ended in Prajnesh taking the win. The final scoreline read 6-7, 4-6, 7-6.
He is not assured of winning at least a bronze with two players finishing third in the tennis events.
Kabaddi: Men's Team Knocked Out
The Indian men’s kabaddi team has suffered a massive upset, losing their semi-final18-27 to Iran.
India were the seven-time defending champions in the event and in fact had lost their first-ever match in Asian Games history earlier this week when they lost 23-24 to South Korea .
India had won the men's kabaddi gold in all the earlier Asian Games since the sport was introduced in 1990 in Beijing. Now, they take home a bronze medal along with Pakistan, which had lost to South Korea in the other semi-final.
Swimming: Khade Finishes Last
No medal for Virdhawal Khade in the 50m butterfly event after he finishes last in the final.
Khade had clocked 24.09sec to top Heat 2 and was placed fifth overall in the qualifications, bettering his own nine-year old national record which was set with a time of 24.14 at the Asian Championship at Foshan, China in 2009.