Jakarta/Palembang: Rahi Sarnobat scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to win Asiad gold while the wushu players produced their best ever medal haul on Day 4 of the 18th Asian Games. India also ensured two medals from the tennis court with the men’s doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan and womens’ singles player Ankita Raina entering the semi-finals of their respective categories.
On day five, star badminton player PV Sindhu will be in action in singles event. Also weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam will feature in the men’s 77kg event. India will also look to add more medal in rowing and shooting.
Here is the schedule of Indian contingent on the fifth day of the Asian Games:
Archery - Starts 8:30 AM IST
Men’s Individual Recurve - Vishwas, Atanu Das,
Women’s Individual Recurve- Promila Daimary, Deepika Kumari
Gymnastics - Starts at 3 PM IST
Women’s Vault Event- Aruna Budda Reddy
Badminton - Starts 10:30 AM IST
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu vs Vu Thi Trang (VIE)
Saina Nehwal vs Soraya Aghaeihajiagha (IRI)
Women’s Doubles
Ashwini Ponnappa/ Sikki Reddy vs Nga Ting Yeung/ Wing Yung NG (HKG)
Rutaparna Panda/Arathi Sara Sunil vs Chayanit Chaladchalam/Muenwong Phataimas (THA)
Mixed Doubles
Pranav Jerry Chopra/ Sikki Reddy vs Lui Ying Goh/ Peng Soon Chan (MAS)
Ashwini Ponnappa/ Satvik Sairaj Rankireddy vs Sapsiree Taerattanachai/ Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)
Men’s Doubles
Satvik Sairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty vs Yonny Chung/ Chun Hei Tam(HKG)
Manu Attri/ B Sumeeth Reedy vs Rasheed Ajfan Mohamed / Mohamed Ahmed Thoif (MDV)
Basketball- Starts at 5 PM IST
Women’s 5x5 Group A India vs Indonesia
Canoe/Kayak Slalom - Starts 8 AM
Women’s Singles semifinals - Champa Mourya
Golf -Starts at 4:30 AM
Men’s Individual: Aadil Bedi, Hari Mohan Singh, Rayhan Thomas, Naveed Kshitij Kaul
Women’s Individual: Sifat Sagoo, Ridhima Dilawari, Diksha Dagar
Rowing - Starts at 7:30 AM
Men’s Singles Sculls Final- Dattu Baban Bhokanal
Men’s Double Sculls Final- Om Prakash Sawarn Singh
Women’s Pair Final- Sanjukta Dung/ Harpreet Kaur
Women’s Doubles Sculls Final- Pooja/ Sayali Shekale
Men’s Pair Final- Malkeet Singh/ Gurinder Singh
Men’s Lightweight Four Final
Shooting
Men’s Double Trap Qualification - Shardul Vihan, Ankur Mittal - 9 AM
Women’s Double Trap finals- Varsha Varman, Shreyasi Singh- 9:15 AM
Squash
Men’s singles Round of 32: Saurav Ghosal vs Mukhtar Wakeel Mohomed Shamil (SRI), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu vs Youngjo Ko (KOR) - 8:30 AM
Women’s singles Round of 16: Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa
Swimming
Men’s 50m Butterfly Heats- Ankur Kothari, Virdhawal Khade - 7:30 AM
Men’s 100m Freestyle Heats- Virdhawal Khade, Aaron Dsouza- 7:50 AM
Men’s 200m Backstroke Heats- Srihari Nataraj, Advait Page - 8 AM
Tennis - Starts at 8:30 AM
Women’s Singles Semifinals - Ankita Raina vs Shuai Zhang (CHI)
Mixed Doubles Quartefinals - Rohan Bopanna/ Ankita Raina vs A Sutjiadi/ CB Rungkat (INA)
Men’s Doubles Semifinals- Rohan Bopanna/ Divij Sharan vs K Uesugi/ S Shimabukuro (JAP)
Men’s Singles Quarterfinals- Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs Soonwoo Kwon (KOR)
Volleyball
Women’s Pool B match
India vs Kazakhstan - 8:30 AM
Weightlifting Starts 9:30 AM
Men’s 77kg - Sathish Sivalingam, Ajay Singh.
With inputs from Agencies