Asian Games 2022 : Tennis & Squash gets gold for India

 





Indian squash team and Rohan Bopanna were the shining lights in Hangzlou Asian Games 2022 on day 7 



India defeated Pakistan in the men's team squash final at the Asian Games to win gold.  Sourav Ghoshal & team won the gold medal match by 2-1.  At the same time, the Indian team took sweet revenge for the loss in the group stage.



 India's Mahesh Mangaonkar lost 0-3 set to Pakistan's Iqbal Nasir in the first match.  Sourav brought India level by winning the second match, which he won 3-0 against Pakistan's Asim Mohammad Khan.  India's Abhay Singh and Pakistan's Noor Zaman faced off in the third match at 1-1.


 Mangaonkar lost the first match by 8-11, 3-11, 2-11.  The first set was a fierce battle between the two opponents.  The first set was tense again and again.  The two players accused each other of obstruction several times.  After a tense first set, Nasir won the second and third sets one-sidedly.



 Sourav brought India back to level when trailing 0-1.  He avenged the loss in the first match by virtually blowing away Asim.  One of the best Indian squash players won the match 11-5, 11-1, 11-3.


 The third match started at 1-1.  Abhay won the first set but fell behind 1-2.  Abhay won the fourth set to equalize.  In the end, he won the match 3-2 to secure India's 10th gold in an epic final 




Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won gold in the Mixed Doubles at the 2023 Asian Games after winning the third set tie-breaker against En-shuo Liang and Tsung-hao Huang of Chinese Taipei. Scoreline 

IND 2 - 1 TPE (2-6, 6-3, [10] - [4])


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