Hangzhou Asian Games | Bopanna-Bhosale win tennis mixed doubles gold
The Hindu
India win mixed doubles gold at Asian Games; worst medal haul since turn of century. 2 medals (gold, silver) won, men's doubles silver & mixed doubles gold. Sumit Nagal & Ankita Raina exit early, Bopanna & Yuki Bhambri disappoint in men's doubles. India's worst medal haul since 2000.
Rutuja Bhosale raised her game in nick of time while seasoned Rohan Bopanna stayed solid with his big serves as India came back from a set down to win the tennis mixed doubles gold at the Asian Games, here Saturday.
The second-seeded Indian team rallied to win the title clash 2-6 6-3 10-4 against Chinese Taipei's combo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang.
The victory ensured that India will return with at least one tennis gold from the Asian Games in an otherwise disappointing campaign in which the country managed to win only two medals — the other being men's doubles silver.
The two-medal show is India's worst at the Asian Games since the turn of the century.
In 2002, India had returned with four medals from Busan and in the following editions the country won four (2006, Doha), five (2010, Guangzhou), five (2014, Incheon) and three (2018, Indonesia) medals.
The men's doubles team of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan had won a silver on Friday but other players faded at different stages of the tournament.
No singles player from the country could make it to the medal round with Sumit Nagal and Ankita Raina exiting early.
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