Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India bag four medals in shooting, silver in tennis and squash bronze

Bopanna-Rutuja defeat Chinese Taipei’s Hao-ching Chan and Yu-hsiou in the mixed doubles semi-finals. A gold or silver is assured now!

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale lose the second set 3-6 to Chinese Taipei’s Hao-ching Chan and Yu-hsiou Hsu in the mixed doubles semi-final.

Swapnil Kusale at No.1 with score of 310.8. He has got a healthy lead over the second-placed shooter.

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar at No.5 with score of 306.4

kneeling and prone position ends, only 15 shots in standing position remain.

Bopanna-Rutuja are leading in the second set right now, 3-2. They won the first set 6-1 against their Chinese Taipei opponents in the mixed doubles semifinal.

India’s Swapnil Kusale at No.3 after first 15 shots of the kneeling position with a score of 152.8

India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar at No.6 with a score of 151.6

Next up, 15 shots each in the prone and standing positions.

India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale off to contrasting starts in the men’s 50m rifle 3 position final. Swapnil at No.3 and Aishwary at No.8 after first five shots in the kneeling position.

India are in action in the mixed doubles semifinal right now! Rutuja-Bopanna are in dominant form and wrapped up the first set 6-1 against their Chinese Taipei opponents.

India’s Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Thakkar beat Yew En Koen Pang and Yong Izaac Quek of Singapore 3-2 (3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8) to advance to the men’s doubles quarterfinal.

India’s Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, and Anahat Singh get bronze after losing in women’s squash semi-final to Hong Kong.

India’s 15-year-old youngster Anahat Singh has lost the first game to Ka Yi Lee in the deciding match of the women’s quarter-final (team event).

It is India 1-1 Hong Kong in the overall match tally so far, whoever wins this match will advance to the gold medal match.

India’s Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan lose to Zhendong Fan and Chuqin Wang of China in straight games (0-3) to bow out of the men’s doubles round of 16.

Joshana Chinappa beats Tze Lok Ho in a five-game thriller in the women’s squash semi-final (team event) to keep India alive.

It’s India 1-1 Hong Kong. Over to Anahat now for the last match of the event.

Joshana Chinappa keeps India alive in the women’s squash semi-final (team event). She takes the fourth game to push the second match to the deciding 5th game.

India trail 0-1 and need to win this match.

MANIKA BATRA WINS! The Indian toils hard but eventually succeeds in beating Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut, who, after a brilliant performance over the first five games, seemed to lose her edge in the sixth, scoring only 6 points. Manika wins 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6.

Palak comes out on top in the women’s 10m air pistol final with 242.1 points, and wins gold! Meanwhile, Palak comes second with 239.7 for silver. Pakistan’s Talat was third with 218.2.

Positive start in Game 6, this, from Manika Batra. She races away to 6-1 lead and Sawettabut looks clearly under pressure at the moment. Reminder that a win in this game will see the Indian through to the QFs.

India lose to Thailand (0-3) in the badminton women’s team quarter-final. PV Sindhu, Treesa-Gayatri, and Ashmita Chaliha all lost their respective matches.

A crucial 12-10 win in game 5! Manika Batra now leads 3-2 over her Thai opponent Sawettabut. A dominant performance from Batra in this fifth game as she never lost her lead despite being pushed to the edge by Sawettabut.

Palak is leading now after shot 17 and has 172.7 points, followed by Esha (170.1) in second place!

India’s Manika Batra is leading 5-4 in the fifth game after Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut made a stellar comebac in the fourth, winning 13-11. This is certainly going down to the wire! We’ve had 42 minutes of action so far and this game is far from its end.

Esha has climbed to pole position in the leaderboard after shot 11, she has registered 110.4 points. Meanwhile, Palak is second with 110.3 points.

Esha is currently second, with 50.8 after shot 5. Meanwhile, Palak is third with 49.9. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Shing leads the pack with 50.9.

India’s Palak, Esha Singh are in action in the women’s 10m air pistol final. The pair will be aiming for a top-three finish!

Saketh-Ramkumar crash to a defeat against Chinese Taipei, losing 6-4 6-4 in the men’s doubles final! Silver medal for India here!

Chinese Taipei go up a break and close in on their gold! They lead 5-4 in the second set against Saketh-Ramkumar. 33 minutes done in the second set!

India’s Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly lose to Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand 19-21, 5-21 in the second match of the badminton women’s quarterfinal (team event).

India trail 0-2 now.

12 minutes done in the second set and Saketh-Ramkumar lead 2-1. They will be looking to stretch their lead now!

Nina Venkatesh fails to qualify for the women’s 50m butterfly final, finishing 14th in the heats. Advait Page is into the 200m final after the heats. Srihari Nataraj failed to qualify.

Saketh-Ramkumar lost the first set 4-6 in 35 minutes as their Chinese Taipei opponents looked like they were in a totally different wave length.

Comeback expected in the second set?

India’s Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly lose the first game 19-21 to Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand in the second match of the badminton women’s quarterfinal (team event).

India trail 0-1 as they have already lost the first match.

Saketh-Ramkumar are currently trailing 3-4 in the first set against their Chinese Taipei opponents. The Indian pair will be looking to stretch this set!

In the 50m rifle 3P men’s team event, India have clinched gold with 1769 points. The team consisted Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Akhil Sheoran.

In the individual qualifiers, Swapnil finished on top with 591-33x total, and Aishwary was second with 591-27x. Meanwhile, Akhil came fifth with 587-30x. All three have qualified for the final!

In the 10m air pistol women’s team event India have finished in second place, clinching silver with a total of 1731-50x. China took gold with 1736-66x. The Indian contingent consisted of Palak, Esha Singh and Divya Subbaraju Thadigol. Also, Esha finished fifth in the qualifiers and Palak came seventh. The pair have qualified for the 10m air pistol women’s final.

OH NO! PV Sindhu has lost the first match to Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-14, 15-21, 14-21.

India trail 0-1 in the women’s quarterfinal (team event).

Swapnil is in pole position in the men’s 50m rifle 3P event, with 99, 97 in standings, which takes his total to 591-33x. Meanwhile, Aishwary is second with 591-27x. He bagged 98, 97 in standing. Akhil is 14th.

Women’s 10m Air Pistol – India currently in silver medal position in the team event.

In individual qualification, Esha Singh is 5th (all 60 shots done), Palak 8th and Divya 11th.

India face Chinese Taipei in the men’s doubles final, and will be eyeing gold. Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan are representing India in the final!

Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand makes a strong game. She gets the second game 21-15 to make it 1-1 against PV Sindhu in the first match of the women’s badminton quarter-final (team event).

India’s Palak is at No.4 after 30 shots with a score of 9.667. Esha Singh has made a terrific recovery to climb to the 5th spot with a score of 9.651 after 45 shots. Divya is 19th after 30 shots.

Aishwary is currently second in the 50m rifle 3P men’s qualifiers, with 98, 99 in series 1 and 2 of prone. His total is 396-20x now! Meanwhile, Swapnil has risen to third place with 100, 99 in prone and has a total of 395-24x.

PV Sindhu is on the money straightaway, India off to a good start in the women’s quarterfinal (team event). Sindhu wins the first game 21-14 against Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.

Aditi is tied at first with China’s Xiyu Lin, Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol. Meanwhile, Sharath and Prashanth are T11 and T20 respectively in the women’s individual round 2. Also, India are tied at third in the women’s team round 2.

India’s Palak is at No.4 with an average score of 9.733 after 15 shots in the women’s 10m air pistol qualification event. The other Indians in the event, Esha Singh and Divya are off to a slow start. They are at 20th and 21 after 13 shots.

PV Sindhu, like on most occasions, gets India off to a good start in the women’s quarterfinal (team event). She has taken an early lead of 13-7 in the first game against Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.

Aishwary Pratap Singh has climbed to pole position in the men’s 50m rifle 3P positions qualification, with 99 and 100 in kneeling series 1, 2. He has a total of 199-13x right now! Meanwhile, Swapnil Suresh Kusale is 7th with 98, 29 in series 1 and 2 of kneeling, and a total of 126-5x. Akhil Suresh is 13th with 95, 79 in series 1 and 2 of kneeling and a total of 194-11x.

In the 10m air pistol women’s qualification, Esha Singh is 26th after series 1, with 67-1x points. Meanwhile, Palak is 27th with 38-1x points and Divya Subbaraju Thadigol is 32nd with 19-0x. Meanwhile, India are 8th in the 10m air pistol women’s team event.

In the 50m rifle 3 positions men’s qualifiers, Aishwary Pratap Singh is currently third with 119-8x points. Swapnil Suresh Kusale is 21st with 48-1x and Akhil Sheoran is 27th with 95-4x.

Priyanka came fifth in the women’s 20km race walk event, with a timing of 1:31:52. Meanwhile, China’s Jiayu Yang (1:30:03), Zhenxia Ma (1:30:04) and Japan’s Nanako Fujii (1:33:49) came 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

In the men’s 20km race walk, Vikash Singh finished in fifth place with a time of 1:23:08. Meanwhile, China’s Jun Zhang (1:23:00) and Wang Zhaozhao (1:24:08) occupy first and second positions. Meanwhile Japan’s Yutaro Murayama (1:24:41) are in third position.

Aditi Ashok is currently tied second in women’s individual round 2. Pranavi URS Sharath and Avani Prashanth are T12 and T20 respectively. In the women’s team round 2, India are climbing up the table and are tried at second, behind leaders China.

The men’s and women’s 20km race walk has begun! Vikash Singh is currently sixth in the men’s category. Meanwhile, Priyanka is fifth in her category. More 10kms to go for both!

Hello and good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of Day 6 of Asian Games 2023, in Hangzhou. Stay tuned folks!