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Diya Chitale, Manush Shah Secure Historic Table Tennis Bronze at Asian Games
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Moneycontrol•25-09-2026, 18:22
Diya Chitale, Manush Shah Secure Historic Table Tennis Bronze at Asian Games
- •India's Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won a bronze medal in table tennis mixed doubles at the Asian Games, losing 0-4 to China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semifinals.
- •This marks India's first table tennis medal of the ongoing Games, achieved despite the semifinal defeat.
- •The Indian pair had previously stunned world No. 4 Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong 3-1 in the quarterfinals to guarantee the medal.
- •This is India's second mixed doubles medal in table tennis at the Asian Games, following Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra's bronze in Jakarta eight years ago.
- •While Shah advanced in men's singles and Yashaswini Ghorpade in women's singles, other Indian paddlers, including Manav Thakkar, Sreeja Akula, and various doubles pairs, faced early exits.
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Diya Chitale and Manush Shah were defeated 0-4 by China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the table tennis mixed doubles semifinals at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Friday, securing a bronze medal for India.
Chitale and Shah stunned Hong Kong's world No. 4 pair of Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting 3-1 in the quarterfinals to assure India's first table tennis medal of the ongoing Games.
This bronze medal is India's second-ever mixed doubles medal in table tennis at the Asian Games, following the bronze won by Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra in Jakarta eight years previously.
