Asian Games 2023: Indian Women's Table Tennis Team Starts Campaign With Win Over Singapore

22.09.2023 - 14:39 sports.ndtv.com

The Indian women's table tennis team started off their campaign with a hard-fought win over Singapore in their Group F match at the ongoing Asian Games at Hangzhou on Friday.

India beat Singapore by 3-2. In the first match of the tie, Ayhika Mukherjee took on Jian Zeng in women's singles competition.

Jian won the game by 3-1 (7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10) to give Singapore a 1-0 lead. In the second match of the tie, Manika Batra took on Jingyi Zhou in another women's singles match.

Batra reversed the fortunes of Singapore, levelling the scoreline 1-1 with a 3-1 win over the Singaporean (11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3).

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