India assured of medal in squash
JAKARTA: India are assured of a bronze in squash as Saurav Ghosal faces Harinder Pal Sandhu in the men’s quarter-finals. In women’s singles, both Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik also entered quarters.
NATRAJ 6TH, KHADE 8TH
Srihari Natraj twice bettered his national record in the 200m backstroke with timings of 2:02.97 in the heats and 2:02.83 in the final, but could finish only sixth. Virdhawal Khade finished last in the 50m butterfly with a timing of 24.48 in the final.
INDIA FACE JAPAN
Defending champions India will face their first real test when they take on Japan in a Pool A men’s hockey match on Friday. It has been a cakewalk for India so far as they demolished Indonesia 17-0 and Hong Kong 26-0 earlier.
SONIA IN BOXING LAST-8
World and Asian silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg) got a bye to the quarters as the boxing draws were revealed. In the men’s draw, Shiva Thapa (60kg), Amit Panghal (49kg), Mohd Hussamuddin (56kg), Dheeraj Rangi (64kg) and Vikas Krishan (75kg) got byes to pre-quarters.
SINDHU, SAINA WIN
PV Sindhu had to dig deep to beat Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam 21-10, 12-21, 23-21 but Saina Nehwal did not break sweat to oust Iran’s Soraya Aghhajiagha 21-7, 21-9 in the first round of the women’s singles badminton.
BEDI T-2 IN MEN’S GOLF
Aadil Bedi carded 3-under 69 to be tied second behind Japan’s Keita Nakajima after Round 1 of men’s golf. Rayhan Thomas (71) and Kshitij Naveed (73) helped India to second spot in team event with a total of 213. In the women’s section, Diksha Dagar (71), Sifat Sagoo (75) and Ridhima Dilawari (77) kept India in 9th spot.