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Asian Games: India bags 20th gold after Dipika-Harinder win final of squash mixed doubles

07:56 AM Oct 05, 2023 IST | ANI
asian games  india bags 20th gold after dipika harinder win final of squash mixed doubles
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Hangzhou [China], October 5 (ANI): India bagged another gold medal in squash as the Indian pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the final of the mixed doubles on Thursday.

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Dipika-Harinder defeated Malaysian pair Aifa Binti Azman/Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Kamal in a close encounter. They won the match in 35 minutes in straight games 11-10, 11-10.

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Malaysia had the upper hand in the first game, however, India made a comeback and won by just one point 11-10.

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In the second game, India had a 9-3 lead but later allowed Malaysia to tie. However, Sandhu gained two important points to guarantee that they would secure the 20th gold medal.

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โ€œIndian Squash Reigns Supreme! Our dynamic mixed doubles team of @DipikaPallikal and @sandhu_harinder clinches GOLD, defeating Malaysia by a score of 2-0 in the final at #AsianGames2022! Join us in celebrating this golden achievement and sending them our heartfelt congratulations!,โ€ Sports Authority of India (SAI) wrote on X (formerly Twitter) handle.

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Earlier, Dipika and Harinder advanced to the finals of the mixed doubles competition on Wednesday.

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In their mixed doubles semifinal, they beat the Hong Kong duo of Lee Ka Yi and Wong Chi Him by 2-1.

The Indian team lost the first set by 7-11.

However, Dipika and Harinder showed some amazing resilience and character, clinching the second game by 11-7 in a one-sided manner.

In the third set, Hong Kong had a neck-to-neck competition with India, but the latter emerged victorious by 11-9 to win the match.

Earlier Saurav Ghosal assured India of another medal from the squash court defeatin Hong Kongโ€™s Chi Hin Henry Leung 3-0 in the semi-final of menโ€™s singles squash competition.

Ghosal won the contest 11-2, 11-1, 11-6 to advance to the final and assure India of a medal in menโ€™s singles.

Ghosal also starred in the Indian menโ€™s team Gold medal winning show against Arch rivals Pakistan. India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the final to win the gold medal in menโ€™s team squash. (ANI)

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