Indian paddlers enjoyed a successful day at the Asian Games here on Thursday, with women’s doubles pairs of Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das and Yashaswini Ghorpade-Diya Chitale advancing to the pre-quarterfinals.
Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar also progressed in the men’s singles.
Sreeja and Syndrela cruised past Mongolia’s Burenjargal Sanjaa and Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 12-10) in their second-round match.
The Indians had a relatively comfortable outing in the opening two games before being pushed hard in the third. They eventually held their nerve to close out the match 12-10.
In the last-16, Sreeja and Syndrela face a formidable Chinese combination in Kuai Man and Wang Manyu, who are World Ranked No. 2.
The other Indian pair of Yashaswini and Diya also made comfortable progress, blanking Iran’s Setayesh Iloukhani and Mahshid Ashtari 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-4).
Yashaswini and Diya will next face China’s Fan Shuhan and Chen Yi in their last-16.
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