With this, we come to the end of the Women's Epee Preliminary Round! Here are the final results -
Seerat Singh Jas, Pool B -
Won 5-4 against Vietnam's Tran Thi Thuy Lost 1-5 against Japan's Oishi Kanna Lost 1-5 against Lebanon's Nai Salameh Lost 2-5 against Korea's Kang Youngmi Won 5-3 against Indonesia's Megawati
Jyotika Dutta, Pool C -
Won 5-3 against Mongolia's Baatarchuluun Gerelmaa Lost 3-5 against Korea's Injeong Choi. Lost 1-5 against Philippines' Abella Hanniel Won 5-3 against Kazakhstan's Balaganskaya Ulyana Won 5-2 against Lebanon's Tannous Nicole
Two wins from five matches for Seerat Singh Jas while Jyotika Dutta won three out of her five bouts.
Two losses from three games for Jyoti as well, losing 3-5 to Korea's Choi Injeong
The Indian did lead in the first two tries but Injeong's comeback dented Jyotika's surge to victory as the score read 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3 in favour of the Korean.
The eighteenth edition of the pan-Asian games come to us from Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang, where over five hundred and fifty Indian sportspersons will try to win medals for the country.
Day Two of the Asian Games was action-packed as India won a few medals. There was also progress on other fronts.
Vinesh Phogat won the Gold medal in Women's wrestling, while Deepak Kumar and Lakshay won the Silver in Shooting. As a result, after Day Two, India has a total of Five medals in their account. There was progress elsewhere, as the six out of seven Indian representations made it through to the next round in tennis.
Action continues on the third day of the 2018 Asian Games as the fencing team comprising of Jyoti and Seerat Singh will be featuring in the Women's Epee Individual Preliminary rounds.
Seerat Singh Jas will be competing in the Pool B category, while Jyoti will take part from Group C.
This will be India's first appearance in the fencing event and the eves will hope to put their best foot forward
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