Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 28 (ANI): India made a profitable begin to their males’s group squash marketing campaign on the 2026 Asian Games, defeating China 3-0 of their opening pool-stage tie on Monday.
Suraj Kumar Chand gave India an early benefit with a 3-0 victory over Du Shaoqian, profitable 11-4, 11-2, 12-10. Veer Chotrani then prolonged India’s lead, defeating Li Haizhen 3-0. Chotrani gained the three video games 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 to place India in an unassailable place within the tie.
Velavan Senthilkumar accomplished the clear sweep for India with one other 3-0 victory, profitable 11-3, 11-2, 11-4. The complete victory gave India a profitable begin to their males’s group marketing campaign on the continental multi-sport occasion. South Korea are the opposite group in India’s group, with India scheduled to face them later within the day.
The Indian males’s squash group will look to construct on the robust begin as they proceed their marketing campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.
India are having a blended day on the 2026 Asian Games, with a number of athletes progressing throughout disciplines. In Kurash, Pincky Balhara defeated Lim Garam 3-0 within the girls’s 78kg quarterfinal to safe a medal. India’s males’s cricket group superior to the semi-finals after their quarterfinal towards Afghanistan was deserted on account of rain, with India progressing based mostly on greater seeding.
In archery, Chikitha Taniparthi and Jyothi Surekha Vennam gained their respective girls’s compound particular person Round of 32 matches, whereas Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru and Sahil Jadhav additionally superior earlier than Ganesh defeated Sahil 149-148 within the Round of 16 to achieve the quarterfinals.
In capturing, Neeru leads the ladies’s lure qualification after Day 2, whereas Shapath Bharadwaj is fifth within the males’s lure standings. Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat completed fifth within the girls’s 25m pistol group remaining and certified for the person remaining.
India additionally defeated Hong Kong 3-0 in males’s volleyball and China 3-0 within the girls’s squash group occasion. In sepaktakraw, India misplaced 1-2 to Japan and was eradicated after ending backside of Group B. In browsing, Kishore Kumar Anbarasu defeated China’s Ma Wensong, whereas Sivaraj Babu misplaced to the Philippines’ Alciso Jayuard. (ANI)