Asian Games Day 6 as it happened: Ind lose to Pak in hockey, Sindhu crashes out

Boxing: 17.05 IST: India’s Manoj Kumar loses to Japan’s Kawachi Masatsugu 0-2 in Men’s Light Welter (64kg) Round of 32. 15.30 IST: India’s Devendro Singh gets a walkover over Kuwait’s Fahad Albathali in Men’s Light Fly(46-49kg) Round of 32. Squash Men’s Team Group match 16.30: India lose to Malaysia 2-1 as Ong Beng Hee retires in the 3rd match vs Mahesh Mangaonkar. 16.00 IST: Mohamad Azlan Bin wins the 2nd match 12-10, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10 to give Malaysia a 2-0 lead. 15.44 IST: Mohamad Azlan Bin wins the first game 12-10 against Kush Kumar in match 2. 15.20 IST: Mohd Adnan takes wins the deciding game of match 1 11-8 to give Malaysia 1-0 lead. 15.15 IST: India’s Harinder Pal Singh is currently locked 2-2 with Malaysia’s Mohd Adnan in match 1. India vs Pakistan in the men’s hockey pool B match 15th (end of match): India 1-2 Pakistan. Pakistan were the better team today and deserved to win. India got their act together – a number of near misses in the early going – in the fourth quarter but they couldn’t hold Pakistan back. 8th minute: GOAL! Mohd Waqas gets a goal to put Pakistan ahead again. He trapped it well and hit it on the turn to beat the Indian goalkeeper. He was left unmarked in the D though. Bad defending. India 1-2 Pakistan. 7th minute: GOAL! Nikkin gets the goal for India. Nice cross in and Nikkin was waiting to tap it in. India have played superbly in the final quarter. If only they had played like this from the start. Everything to play for now. India 1-1 Pakistan. 3rd minute: India go really close. SV Sunil’s flick from within the circle was going towards goal but well saved by the keeper. Pakistan 1-0 India. 1st minute: 15 minutes for India to get a goal. They haven’t looked like scoring but this is an invitation to go all and attack. 4th quarter begins 15 mins (end of third quarter): A 2-min break now. Pakistan have gone on the defence now. They are looking to defend the lead with everything they have got. India need to go full tilt now or they might run in South Korea earlier then they would like. 7th minute: Goal mouth scramble and Pakistan have the goal. Mohd Umar has been credited with the goal, India’s defenders tried to clear but he managed to sneak it in. Pakistan 1-0 India. 3rd quarter begins 15th mins (end of 2nd quarter): India 0-0 Pakistan. Pakistan have looked better but no goals. India can still steal this one away. 7th minute: Waqas had a clear chance – one on one with the keeper and he missed the target. It’s still 0-0. But that was very dangerous. Pakistan’s movement and pace is much faster than that of India. 6th minute: India have a PC. Dharamveer inserted it but Raghunath’s power is waster – it is straight at the goalie. No direction. The Pakistan goalkeeper is down again – he is rubbing his chest in pain. 5 mins: Still no goals. Pakistan are finding the spaces but they have been unable to do anything threatening thereafter. 2nd minute: Akashdeep has a good chance but hits it straight on to the Pakistan goalkeepers arm. The Pakistan keeper stays down after the hit but no goal for India. India 0-0 Pakistan. 2nd quarter begins 15 mins (end of 1st quarter): India and Pakistan are still locked at 0-0. Pakistan have had the better chances but India have somehow managed to hold on. 13 mins: Pakistan’s Abdul Haseem looked like he was clear but a desperate tackle prevented him from getting his shot off. 10 minutes: Still no goals. Both teams still experimenting with the odd long-ball. This isn’t end-to-end stuff… not yet. 7th minute: India get their first PC but it is hit straight at the Pakistan keeper. Easy save. Still 0-0. 6th min: First PC to Pakistan. India messed it up but Pakistan were unable to convert. 5 mins into the 1st quarter: It’s still 0-0. Both teams testing each other out. The match has begun. The winner of this game will top the group. Archery In the Compound Men’s Individual Quarterfinal, Abhishek Verma upset CHOI Yonghee of Korea 147-142. The Indian archer shot a amazing 12 10s, missing the bullseye just thrice in 15 attempts. In another Compound Men’s Individual Quarterfinal, Sandeep Kumar lost to DELA CRUZ Paul Marton of the Phillipines 135-141. Badminton India’s Sumeeth/Manu beat China’s Xiaolong/Zihan 2-0 in Men’s Doubles Round of 16. A superb win for India. Compound Women’s Individual Quarterfinal - Match 4 SUDHIR SHENDE Purvasha(IND) loses to SEOK Jihyun(KOR) After 15 arrows: Ind 140, KOR 143 After 12 arrows: Ind 111, KOR 115 After 9 arrows: Ind 83, KOR 85 After 6 arrows: Ind 55, KOR 60 After 3 arrows: Ind 27, KOR 30 Compound Women’s Individual Quarterfinal - Match 3 DEB Trisha(IND) beats SARLAK Shabnam(IRI) to advance to the semi-finals. After 15 arrows: Ind 142, IRI 131 After 12 arrows: Ind 115, IRI 101 After 9 arrows: Ind 85, IRI 81 After 6 arrows: Ind 57, IRI 54 After 3 arrows: Ind 27, IRI 27 Nobbs previews the India vs Pakistan clash Pride, this is never just an ordinary game. No matter how the respective coaches plan tactically, I have found that the game invariably ends in an end-to-end attacking battle and many of the games are drawn or have just a goal in it. I expect nothing different this time. Read the entire column HERE Archery: Compound Men’s Semifinal India beat Iran to move into the final – the final score was 231 to 227. 24 arrows: India 231, Iran 227 21 arrows: India 202, Iran 201 18 arrows: India 175, Iran 172 15 arrows: India 146, Iran 144 12 arrows: India 117, Iran 115 9 arrows: India 88, Iran 85 6 arrows: India 59, Iran 59 3 arrows: India 29, Iran 30 Tennis India’s Yuki Bhambri crushes Qatar’s Jabor Mohammed 6-1, 6-0 in Men’s Singles Second Round match. Badminton PV Sindhu loses to Bellaetrix Manuputty (INA) – Women’s Singles Round of 16. Sindhu, ranked 10th in the world, took the first game in a tight battle 22-20 and had a six-point lead in the second game – but then Manuputty, ranked 34th in the world, went on a run and won the second game 21-16. In the third game – Sindhu struggled initially as Manuputty took a 5-0 lead but then fought back to make it 12-12. Thereafter, it was a very close game and it went right down to the wire with the score tied at 20-20 before Manuputty managed to close it out 22-20 and win the match. This is a big upset. Archery: Compound Women’s Team Semifinal Chinese Taipei (WEN Ning Meng, HUANG I Jou, WU Ting Ting) beat India (DEB Trisha, SUDHIR SHENDE Purvasha, VENNAM Jyothi Surekha). India’s team will now go into the bronze medal play-off. After 24 arrows: India 224, Taipei 226 After 21 arrows: India 196, Taipei 196 After 18 arrows: India 168, Taipei 168 After 15 arrows: India 140, Taipei 139 After 12 arrows: India 110, Taipei 110 After 9 arrows: India 83, Taipei 82 After 6 arrows: India 55, Taipei 55 After 3 arrows: India 27, Taipei 28 Medals tally 1. CHN - 69 gold, 32 silver, 28 bronze 15. IND - 1 gold, 1 silver, 13 bronze Badminton Sixth seed Saina Nehwal beats AGHAEIHAJIAGHA Soraya(IRI) 21-7, 21-6. The Indian star was the overwhelming favourite as her Iranian opponent was ranked 275th in the world. In another match, S Kidambi of India beat Vietnam’s PHAM Cao Cuong(VIE) 23-21, 21-8. Squash India’s men’s team (Mangaonkar, Harinder Pal Singh, S Ghosal) has beaten Japan 3-0 in a group match. Compound Individual 1/8 Eliminations All of India’s archers are through to the quarters. Men’s KUMAR Sandeep(IND) beats KUNG Lin Hsiang(TPE) - 148-143 VERMA Abhishek(IND) beats NGUYEN Tien Cuong(VIE) - 146-144 Women’s DEB Trisha(IND) beat HONDA Yumiko(JPN) - 146-140 CHEN Li Ju(TPE) lost to SUDHIR SHENDE Purvasha(IND) - 117-132 Shooting India win bronze medal in women’s double trap shooting team event. The Indian team comprises of Shagun Chaudhary, Shreyasi Singh and Varshan Varman. Shagun Chowdhary finished 8th, Shreyasi Singh 10th & Varsha Varman 12th in Double Trap Women’s Competition. Indian team of Ankur Mittal, Sangram Dahiya and Mohd Ashab finish 6th in Double Trap Men’s Team Finals. Rowing [caption id=“attachment_1728879” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Sawarn Singh faded around the halfway mark. Getty Images[/caption] India also win rowing bronze in the men’s eight event behind China and Japan. Swaran Singh has won the bronze in the men’s single sculls event. This is India’s 11th bronze of the 17th Asian Games. Second medal is rowing after Dushyant who also got a bronze yesterday. Still no second gold medal though. Sepaktakraw India lose preliminary round match to Korea 0-3. Archery Compound Team Event Women’s Event: The Indian women’s compound team has also reached the semis - they beat Kazakhstan on X’s after 223-223 tie. In the semis, they will take Chinese Taipei and that is scheduled for 1030 IST. Men’s Event: The Indian men’s team (Rajat Chauhan, Kumar Sandeep and Abhishek Verma) reached the semis in the compound team 1/8 eliminations. They beat Malaysia 234-229. In the semis, they will take Iran and that is scheduled for 1120 IST. Earlier, they beat Qatar 233-218 in the last 16. Badminton P Kashyap beats Iqbal Shekib of Afghanistan 21-6, 21-6 to reach the last 16 in men’s singles. The mixed’s doubles pair of Manu Attri/Siki Reddy bt Afnan Rasheed/Nasheeu (Maldives) 21-8, 21-4 in the round of 32. The mixed’s doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre and Akshay Dewalkar have lost their round of 32 match to Singapore’s Truyachart Chayut and Yao Lei — 20-22, 21-17, 13-21. Shooting - Gurpreet Singh qualifies for the final of the 25m Standard Pistol Men’s Competition after finishing fifth with a qualifying mark of 570-14x. Mahaveer Singh and Samresh Jung finished 17th and 24th respectively and are out of contention for a place in the finals. - In 50m Rifle Prone Men’s Qualification, Joydeep Karmakar (10th with 621.2-39x), Gagan Narang (14th with 618.4-31x) and Hariom Singh (29th with 613.2-27x) all fail to go through to finals. Their team finished 4th with a total of 1852.8-97x. Bronze-winning Kazakhstan had 1859.0-102x. Day five roundup The strong shooting squad, which had accounted for the bulk of medal collection so far, drew a blank today which led to India dropping one place in the medal table. With the addition of just one bronze today, India took their tally to 12 (1 gold, 1 silver, 10 bronze). Powerhouse China continued to lead the pack with 99 medals (50-25-24) followed by hosts South Korea with 70 medals (24-23-23) and Japan (64 = 18-23-23). Early in the day, Dushyant, hailing from Haryana and belonging to the Bengal Engineering Group in Roorkie, led from the 500m till the last 200m in the 2000m race before strong northerly winds and rain put paid to his gold medal hopes as he fell behind two others and finished third by clocking 7:26.57. [caption id=“attachment_1728781” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Joydeep Karmakar couldn’t qualify for the finals. AFP[/caption] He not only lost the gold medal, but also the silver as the host country’s Lee Hakbeom, who was third with 500m left, also surged past the Indian rower to clinch the second spot in 7:25.95. It was the first medal of the day after a fruitless stint at the shooting range for India and the 10th bronze in the Games. After scooping six medals, including a gold won by Jitu Rai, on the first four days of the Asian Games, Indian shooters misfired at the Ongnyeon pistol and rifle range. India had chances of winning four medals from the 25m rapid fire pistol event for men and the 50m rifle prone for women but could not get even one on a disappointing day. Indian men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team narrowly missed out on a bronze as they finished fourth after ending up with same points as Vietnam with a tally of 1704. The bronze was decided on ‘innner 10’ count and Vietnam bagged the medal as they had 41 hits at the innermost ring as against 39 by the Indians. In badminton, sixth seed Saina easily overcame U Teng Lok of Macau 21-10, 21-8 in just 20 minutes and lined up against her next opponent Iran’s Soraya Aghaeihajiagha, who dispatched Mongolia’s Khulangoo Baatar in straight games in another round of 32 women’s singles encounter. Sindhu, seeded 8th, too had a comfortable 21-7, 21-13 first round victory in 19 minutes over Wong Kit Leng, also of Macau, to book a round of 16 clash against M Bellaetrix of Indonesia, a contest the lanky Hyderabadi described as “tricky”. In the boxing ring, comeback-man Akhil pummelled his Nepalese rival Purna Bahadur Lama before notching up a Technical Knockout triumph while Shiva merely had to show up to enter the second round as Indian boxers began their Asian Games campaign on a winning note. In squash, India took a big step towards winning another squash medal at the Incheon Asian Games after the women’s team, including Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal, upset Hong Kong 2-1 before beating Pakistan 3-0 in Pool B today. Deepika Kumari, India’s best bet in women’s archery also showed good form to come up as the eighth best in the ranking round of the women’s individual recurve event at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field here. She will now will take on Uzbekistan’s Munira Nurmanova in the pre-quarter final elimination round on September 26. However, the Indian men’s basketball team crashed out after losing to Iran in a preliminary round match. The Indian team lost 41-76, their second consecutive defeat in preliminary round Group E, to make an exit from the tournament. On the tennis court, Natasha Palha crashed out of the women’s singles event following a straight sets defeat but the combo of Shweta Rana and Rishika Sunkara made a bright start for India in women’s doubles, recording an easy win over Pakistan’s Sara Mansoor and Ushna Suhail. There was disappointment in sepaktakraw as both the Indian men’s and women’s teams suffered their second consecutive defeats leaving them with little chance of advancing to the next round. Both the men’s and women’s teams suffered an identical 0-3 thrashing at the hands of defending champions Thailand in the preliminary round matches at the Bucheon Gymnasium Court here. However, the Indian men’s volleyball team hardly broke a sweat as it thrashed unfancied Maldives 25-10 25-19 25-17 in exactly an hour to enter the quarterfinal. (via PTI)