Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 26 (ANI): Indian badminton star PV Sindhu superior to the ladies’s singles spherical of 16 on the Asian Games 2026 after defeating Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Pin-chian in straight video games on Saturday.
Sindhu registered a 21-19, 21-14 victory over Chiu within the second-round conflict to progress additional within the competitors. The Indian shuttler had a carefully fought opening recreation as Chiu saved the competition aggressive, however Sindhu managed to carry her composure and take the sport 21-19. She then stepped up her efficiency within the second recreation, gaining management of the rallies to seal it 21-14.
Sindhu will now face a harder problem within the subsequent spherical as she takes on Japan’s world No. 7 Tomoka Miyazaki in a while Saturday.
Meanwhile, Indian squash participant Abhay Singh booked his place within the males’s singles closing after defeating Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan in straight video games within the semifinal.
Abhay produced a dominant show to win 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 and sealed his spot within the gold medal match.
The Indian managed the opening recreation earlier than going through a stronger problem from Irfan within the second, the place he held his nerve to shut it out 12-10. He then comfortably wrapped up the third recreation 11-6 to finish a 3-0 victory.
Abhay, ranked twenty sixth on this planet, will face the winner of the semifinal between Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng within the closing.
Meanwhile, India loved a profitable day on the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday, with the ladies’s kabaddi staff clinching the gold medal after defeating Iran 37-34 within the closing.
Squash produced extra medal hopes for India as Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh superior to their respective singles finals. Anahat defeated Japan’s Satomi Watanabe 3-2 in an exhilarating ladies’s semifinal comeback, whereas Abhay beat Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan 3-0 within the males’s semifinal. Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar secured a bronze medal after dropping their combined doubles semifinal.
In athletics, Sawan Barwal received silver within the males’s marathon with a nationwide report timing of two:11:37. Decathletes Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad continued their occasions, with Tejaswin ending first in lengthy soar and standing third total after shot put. Animesh Kujur additionally certified for the lads’s 200m semifinal.
Indian shooters added one other medal as Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod received silver within the ladies’s 50m rifle 3P staff occasion. Tilottama and Vidarsa later completed fourth and fifth respectively within the particular person closing.
In badminton, PV Sindhu, Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda progressed of their singles occasions, whereas Lakshya Sen exited after dropping to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew.
Boxer Kapil Pokhariya entered the lads’s 90kg quarterfinals after defeating Iran’s Sam Estaki, whereas Jadumani Singh bowed out after dropping to Philippines’ Carlo Paalam.
India additionally produced robust performances in archery, with Chikitha Taniparthi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prithika Pradeep ending second in ladies’s recurve staff qualification, whereas Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge secured third place in males’s recurve staff qualification.
In fencing, India progressed to the quarterfinals in ladies’s foil and males’s sabre staff occasions after round-of-16 wins however later misplaced to Japan and South Korea respectively. Canoe dash noticed Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar attain Final A, whereas Harshwardhan Shaktawat superior to Final B.
Other outcomes included India’s defeat to Japan in Pokemon Unite esports, desk tennis losses for Yashaswini Ghorpade and Manush Shah, and dressage riders Hriday Vipul Chheda, Jai Sud and Shruti Vora ending exterior the highest positions after the second qualification spherical. Surfing occasions that includes Indian athletes had been postponed resulting from circumstances. (ANI)