The Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu rallied to enter the ultimate of the combined doubles squash occasion with a 2-1 win over their opponents from Hong Kong on the Asian Video games on Wednesday.
The Indians received 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 in opposition to Hong Kong’s Lee Ka Yi and Wong Chi Him.
Nevertheless, it was heartbreak for the second Indian pair of Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh as they misplaced to Aifa Binti Azman and Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Kamal of Malaysia 11-8, 2-11, 9/11 within the different combined doubles semi-final.
In a match that noticed Anahat colliding with Azman, the Indians received the primary recreation fairly comfortably however misplaced their approach within the second earlier than the Malaysians emerged winners within the decisive tie, guaranteeing that it will not be an all-India closing within the combined occasion.
Earlier, the seasoned Dipika and Harinder misplaced the opening recreation of their semifinal to Yi and Him, however staged a exceptional comeback to assert the following two video games and emerge winners after 38 minutes of intense squash.
Whereas the Indians took simply 9 minutes to win the second recreation because of Harinder and Dipika’s glorious court docket protection, the third recreation lasted quarter-hour because the pair from Hong Kong seemed to stretch the decider.
Even because the Indians superior to the ultimate, there was a second of concern for the crew when the ball struck Harinder within the face after a shot from Lee.
Boxer Parveen Hooda indicators off with bronze
Parveen Hooda needed to accept a bronze medal after shedding to two-time world champion Lin Yu Ting of Chinese language Taipei within the ladies’s 57kg semifinal.
Parveen, the 2022 world championship bronze medallist, went all the way down to Lin through a 5-0 unanimous verdict.
Parveen, who was at a peak drawback, was not capable of land scoring punches with Lin utilizing her attain to battle from afar.
Trailing on all 5 playing cards, Parveen tried a extra aggressive method within the second spherical however the 27-year-old Lin used her expertise to ward of the Indian’s blows utilizing her nimble ft.
Parveen did discover success sporadically however that was not sufficient to persuade the judges.
The 23-year outdated Indian has already secured an Olympic quota for subsequent yr’s Paris Video games.
Parveen thus grew to become the fourth Indian boxer to go away with a bronze medal at this version of the Video games.
Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Narender Berwal (+92kg) all misplaced of their respective semifinals to log out with bronze medals.
Later within the day, reigning world champion Lovlina Borgohain will tackle China’s two-time Olympic medallist Li Qian within the 75kg closing.
