Table Tennis has a bad outing
India's table tennis players had a bad outing with the likes of Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra bowing out of the 17th Asian Games after suffering defeats in the men and women's singles round of 16 matches, respectively, here on Thursday. In the men's singles 1/16 elimination match, Ghosh suffered a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of DPR Korea's Sinhyok Pak. The Indian paddler started on a promising note, comprehensively winning the first game 11-2, but the momentum shifted dramatically after that as the Korean won the next four games 11-7 11-8 13-11 11-8 in a 33-minute match. In the women's 1/16 elimination match, Batra lost to Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 11-9 11-6 11-7 11-8 in 28 minutes.
Taekwondo players ousted
India's taekwondo players had another bad day in office as neither men nor women could make it to the medal round in Incheon. Saurav lost in the men's 63kg Q/F to Afghanistan's Abasi Ahmad Roman's. In the round of 16, Saurav had beaten Sujan Joshi 8-5 at Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium. In the men's 68 kg, Shiv Kumar lost to Alasmari Ghazi Mushabbab of Saudi Arabia 7-11. In the women's 62 kg event, Rekha Ranee Gogoi was thrashed by Chia Chia Chuang of Chinese Taipei 0-15 in a quarter-final bout.
Indian men beat Thailand
It turned out to be a mixed day for Indian volleyball teams competing in the 17th Asian Games here, as the men’s team defeated Thailand 3-1 in the 5th-8th place classification match after the women suffered a 0-3 reverse to Hong Kong to finish 8th in the competition on Thursday. In the men's semifinal round for 5th-8th place match at the Songnim Gymnasium, The Indian men showed rallied to beat the Thais in one hour and 28 minutes. India lost the first game 22-25, but fought back strongly to claim the next three games 25-18 25-23 25-20 and garnered 97 to Thailand's 86. Govindarajan Ramakrishnan Vaishnav and Prabagaran were joint top-scorers with 17 points.