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Asian Games: India win first ever bronze in table tennis

| @indiablooms | Aug 28, 2018, at 01:40 pm

Jakarta, Aug 28 (IBNS): India won their first ever bronze medal in table tennis at the Asian Games 2018 on Tuesday.

India won the medal in Men's Team Event.

The team comprise Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar and Anthony Amal Raj.

Losing to Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying in the badminton final, PV Sindhu settled for a silver medal on Tuesday.

PV Sindhu lost to world no.1 Tzu Ying 13-21, 16-21.

This is the first silver won by India in badminton at the Asian Games.

Earlier on day 10 of the competition, both Indian Men's and Women's Compound Team Archery won silver medals.

After earning one bronze and three silver medals on Tuesday, India's tally of medals reached 45.

 

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