Asian Games 2023: Indian Men Lose To South Korea 0-3 In Table Tennis Quarter-finals; Women Bow Out

24.09.2023 - 15:11 sports.ndtv.com

The Indian men's team missed out on an Asian Games bronze medal in table tennis after a second-string South Korea blanked them 3-0 in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

Harmeet Desai lost the first match 0-3 to An Jaehyun. G Sathiyan tried to put up a fight, but it was not enough to get past Park Ganghyeon as India trailed 0-2 after the first two ties.

The onus was on Achantha Sharath Kamal to bring India back into the contest. However, things did not quite unfold in the manner the Indians would have liked as the veteran from Chennai went down 2-3 to Oh Junsung. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule) The defeat would have been even more hurting for the Indians as South Korea's top three players did not even play in the match.

Earlier in the day, Sharath raised his game just in time to help India escape unscathed against Kazakhstan. But the women's table tennis team imploded against a resilient Thailand to bow out of the Games.

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