First time in 4 years: Saina beats Yamaguchi; enters quarterfinal in Denmark Open
October 18, 2018 16:12 ISTThis was Nehwal's second career win over Yamaguchi, who has won six times in the head-to-head encounters between the two.
This was Nehwal's second career win over Yamaguchi, who has won six times in the head-to-head encounters between the two.
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Srikanth has lost three of his four matches against Dan but the Chinese great is not the force he once was.
The 17-year-old Praveen, who hails from a village in Thanjavur district, cleared a distance of 15.68m to finish fifth in the Stage 2 competition.
World No. 5 India goes into the tournament as the highest-ranked Asian nation and tackling Oman should not be a problem for the side at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
This was India's second athletics medal in these ongoing Games after Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event on Monday.
Panwar won the stage 2 competition by clocking 20 minutes and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished second overall.
Third seed Sindhu lost 17-21 21-16 18-21 to Zhang in a hard-fought opening encounter that lasted 56 minutes.
This is India's first athletics medal in this edition and third overall. Arjun (men's discus throw) and Durgesh Kumar (men's 400m hurdles) had won a silver each in the inaugural edition in 2010.
While the men lost 2-4 to Malaysia on Sunday, the women's team suffered a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Argentina later in the day.
Patna Pirates overcame a sluggish start to record a comfortable 43-37 victory over UP Yoddha in the Pro Kabaddi League.
Simran conceded a 2-9 lead to Emily Shilson in the first period and that virtually sealed her fate.
With 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India was placed ninth in the overall tally.
Lalremsiami (10'), captain Salima Tete (14') and Baljeet Kaur (14') contributed to the U-18 team's victory with a goal each.
Sen, the reigning junior Asian champion, lost 15-21, 19-21 in a 42-minute final match to bag the silver.
India now have 63 medals in the Games, which conclude on Saturday. Thirteen of these are gold, 20 silver and 30 bronze.
At the end of the Chennai leg, U.P. Yoddha finished with six points from two games while Patna have five from two outings in Zone B.
Gurjar trained for 22 days in Finland before the Games, an exercise that was backed by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
After three successive wins, India lost the toughest match they played in the event on Wednesday night.
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