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Indian Shuttlers Dominate Asiad Individual Events with Winning Start
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News18•25-09-2026, 10:00
Indian Shuttlers Dominate Asiad Individual Events with Winning Start
- •Indian shuttlers Unnati Hooda and the mixed doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila secured facile victories in their first-round matches at the Asian Games.
- •Unnati Hooda defeated North Korea’s Mi Song Yu 21-9, 21-10 in a 30-minute contest.
- •Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila beat Maldives’ Nibal Ahmed and Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq 21-8, 21-7 in just 21 minutes.
- •The individual event success follows mixed results in the team events, where the women's squad missed a medal, and the men's team secured a bronze.
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Unnati Hooda secured a facile victory by defeating North Korea’s Mi Song Yu 21-9, 21-10 in a 30-minute contest to advance to the second round of the singles competition.
Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila defeated Maldives’ Nibal Ahmed and Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq 21-8, 21-7 in a 21-minute clash to move ahead.
The Indian men’s team ended their campaign with a bronze medal, unable to better the silver medal they claimed in the previous edition of the Asian Games.
