Asian Games 2023 Highlights, October 5: It was a memorable day for India, winning two Gold medals in Archery, while squash added the third gold for the day. Saurav Ghosal signed off with a Silver while the Men's kabaddi team continued their unbeaten run. Follow Sportskeeda for Asian Games 2023 live Score updates on October 5.
19:54 (IST)5 OCT 2023
And that's a wrap! It's been a rollercoaster of emotions for Indian fans today! It did not start off in the greatest of fashions, with India failing to win medals in the final athletics event of Asian Games 2023, along with PV Sindhu being knocked out in the quarterfinal.
From there on, the day improved as India received multiple qualifications in wrestling, out of which two converted to Bronze medals. Indian Archers did not disappoint once again, adding two shining Golds to the tally courtesy of the Men and Women Compound Teams.
HS Prannoy battled out his opponent (and a dodgy back) to win the quarterfinal in the grandest of fashions. Dipika Pallikal and Sandhu delivered as they added another Gold to India while Saurav Ghosal had to settle for Silver.
India's men's kabaddi team won both their matches to set up a semifinal date with Pakistan tomorrow. And to finish the day, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished their quarterfinal match in under half an hour to cruise into the semifinals!
An enthralling day comes to an end and tomorrow promises to be just the same! That's all we have for you from our side. Join us back tomorrow right here at Sportskeeda! Until then, it's goodnight from our side!
INDIA HAVE DONE IT! An assured medal is now on the cards for India in men's doubles in badminton. Shetty forces Nge to play a backhand stroke that ends up crossing the line by some distance! The players shake hands with each other, thank the umpire and make their way out of the court. India have veritably blown Singapore away!
India are on match point! How fascinating it must seem to be on the verge of history, to be waiting for just a tad from assuring your nation of a medal.
This is becoming more like a T20 game of cricket! Just two more points and India will have another assured medal in the Games! Shetty forces an error from Nge. India are coming extremely hard at the Singaporeans.
India are in cruise control here. The Singaporeans can do nothing about the volleys that are coming their way. Rankireddy does well to evade a forehand that goes past him and outside the line!
It seems rather easy for the Indian pair at the moment. It's a good time to remind ourselves that Shetty and Rankireddy are the only men's doubles pair from India to win the BWF World Tour 1000 series and be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking!
Nge manages to return a lob from Shetty rather well which evades Rankireddy. Still, the Indian pair is on top here and lead by a three-point advantage. There can be no room for complacency here.
India surge to an early lead in the second game as well! Shetty and Rankireddy are making it look like a breeze. A fantastic smash from Rankireddy gives India their fourth point.
19:19 (IST)5 OCT 2023
BADMINTON - Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Game 1: Nge/Johann 7 - 21 Rankireddy/Shetty
INDIA take the first game! It has been a cruise for Rankireddy and Shetty in the first game. They will be keen on repeating the same in the second game and going through to the semis.
19:17 (IST)5 OCT 2023
BADMINTON - Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Game 1: Nge/Johann 6 - 17 Rankireddy/Shetty
India continue to surge forth owing to the brilliance showcased by both Chirag and Satwik. This is promising to be an absolute riot!
19:12 (IST)5 OCT 2023
BADMINTON - Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Game 1: Nge/Johann 3 -10 Rankireddy/Shetty
India have managed to bag a seven-point lead in the first game. Shetty has been looking really good so far, Singapore have to play out of their skins today!
19:08 (IST)5 OCT 2023
BADMINTON - Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Game 1: Nge/Johann 1 - 3 Rankireddy/Shetty
Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty give India an early lead! Singapore are looking to fight back but it will not be easy given how strong the Indian pair is.
18:51 (IST)5 OCT 2023
BADMINTON
A gruelling match ensues between the Japan's Aya Ohori and Indonesia's Gregoria Tunjung currently, with the Japanese having taken the first game. She will be hoping to seal the encounter here and go through to the semifinal. They are currently playing on Court 2, where the Indian pair of Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action next.
18:35 (IST)5 OCT 2023
Earlier in the day, PV Sindhu went down fighting in her quarterfinal match. Read all about what the disappointed Indian fans had to say about her loss 👇
While the Chess results were pretty promising, the same could not be said for Bridge, where the Indian Men's Team was playing the final. Here's a round-up of the results from today:
Session 1: India 32 - 55 Hong Kong Session 2: India 29 - 46 Hong Kong Session 3: India 30 - 28 Hong Kong
A difficult day for the team awaits tomorrow, where they will play three more sessions before the outcome of this match is decided.
18:20 (IST)5 OCT 2023
CHESS
In case you missed it, here's India's round-up from the Chess board today:
Men's Team: India 2.5 - 1.5 Vietnam Gukesh D 0.5 - 0.5 Le Quang Liem Praggnanandhaa RB 0.5 - 0.5 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0.5 - 0.5 Le Tuan Minh Erigaisi Arjun 1 - 0 Tran Tuan Minh
Indian Men's Team is currently placed second below Iran in the Men's Team Table, with two rounds to go.
Indian Women's Team is currently placed second below China in the Women's Team Table, with two rounds to go.
18:05 (IST)5 OCT 2023
BADMINTON
HS Prannoy's draw in the semifinal is out! He will be playing against favourite China's Li Shi Feng for a spot in the final. With the home support present and Prannoy's troublesome back, with the Indian be able to assure himself of a silver?
17:55 (IST)5 OCT 2023
As we approach the Rankireddy/Chirag's match to begin, it was HS Prannoy who had already won his own quarterfinal encounter to move into the semifinal. Here's how he held his nerves to steal a win from the jaws of defeat 👇
Missed the Hockey semifinal today? Well fear not for we have you covered! Click on the link below to read about how it all unfolded when India failed to get past China in the semifinal 👇
Right then, that completes what a majority of the action that will be featuring the Indians today. Coming up shortly, however, is the men's doubles quarterfinals where Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action. Stay tuned for the match!
17:10 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
Mansi (IND) 0-2 Laylokhon Sobirova (UZB)
A takedown executed by Sobirova and the referees have adjudged that Mansi has been pinned down! A Victory By Fall for the Uzbek and Mansi will not find herself adding any medal to India's tally.
17:05 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
Mansi (IND) vs Laylokhon Sobirova (UZB)
Mansi is up against thirteenth seeded Uzbekistan's Sobirova for the bronze medal. Can Mansi add to the medal tally by winning this bout? Stick around to find out!
16:58 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
Mansi's match is next up! The first Bronze medal match for the 57Kg category is in progress, while Mansi will be playing the second Bronze medal match.
16:47 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
After Antim has won bronze, India will turn to Mansi to replicate that performance and win a bronze in her weight category as well. Her match is coming up shortly!
16:37 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
Antim Panghal (IND) 3-0 Bolortuya Bat-Ochir (MGL)
BRONZE FOR ANTIM! Antim Panghal was given the passivity warning and had thirty seconds to mount an attack. She fails to do that and a point is awarded to the opponent. She manages to fend her opponent off to run down the clock and she wins Bronze in her debut Asian Games! What an achievement by the 19-year old! She came through the repechage rounds and holds her nerves to get the job done.
16:33 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
At the end of Period 1:
Antim Panghal (IND) 3-0 Bolortuya Bat-Ochir (MGL)
A very defensive approach by the Mongolian while Antim continues to attack. Bat-Ochir has been given the passivity warning and has third seconds to make an attack. She fails to do that and Antim gets a point. Antim with a takedown at the stroke of the end of the first period and she goes into the second period with a lead!
16:13 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 7-11 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-3 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 7-11)
HEARTBREAK FOR GHOSAL! GOLD FOR YOW! A brilliant performance from Ng Eain Yow, as he outclasses Ghosal after the match. Ghosal beat the 25-year-old during the Team event but it wasn't to be his day today. Yow has his first Asian Games gold, and in all likelihood, Saurav Ghosal will finish his Asian Games career without a singles gold. Take nothing away from the runner-up though! Over the course of both the Team and singles events, the 37-year-old has shown just why he continues to be the best male Squash player in the country. And it is probably a loss for the event that he may choose to retire without an Asian Games singles gold to his name.
16:09 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 7-10 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11)
Unforced error from Yow, hitting the tin and Ghosal has saved two championship points. 3 to go?
16:08 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 5-10 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11)
Match point for Yow after Ghosal is unable to return a well-disguised drop shot.
16:07 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 5-8 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11)
Eain Yow inches ever closer to the dream. But Ghosal refuses to let the Malaysian have it easy. The Indian is throwing all he's got at it and some more. Question is, will it be enough?
16:05 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 3-6 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11)
Eain Yow displaying a brilliant change in direction to deceive Ghosal, sending one down the line only for Ghosal to not be able to reach it in time.
16:03 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 2-5 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11)
Early signs suggest that Eain Yow is the one doing the breaking away. He opens up a 5-2 lead in what could be the final game of this gold medal match.
16:01 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 2-2 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11)
A cagey start yet again. Both of these athletes will want to break away as quickly as possible and force the issue as far as this gold medal match is concerned.
16:01 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
Pooja Gehlot (IND) 2-9 Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB)
A straightforward win for the Uzbek athlete and she wins the bronze medal! Pooja, meanwhile, has given everything here but has just not been able to match the Uzbek athlete. A win on points for Pooja's opponent. So Gehlot finishes without a medal here.
15:57 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 5-11 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-2 (11-9, 9-11)
Stroke, no let, game point to Yow. And Yow holds his nerve to take the game 11-5. The Malaysian leads the match 2 games to 1. Just this one game separates the Malaysian from his date with destiny. One would hope that Ghosal doesn't take this lying down though, of course!
15:56 (IST)5 OCT 2023
WRESTLING - Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match
After Period 1: Pooja Gehlot (IND) 0-3 Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB)
The Uzbek wrestler has so far been superior in this contest. She got off the mark with three points to her name and both wrestlers are very tactical when it comes to playing this. Pooja is unable to get a hold of her opponent as the Uzbek's defense is solid.
15:55 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 5-8 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-1 (11-9, 9-11)
The momentum there shifted mid-point. And a point that Ghosal seemed to be in control of ended up going in Yow's favour.
15:50 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 5-6 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-1 (11-9, 9-11)
Stroke awarded to Ghosal after Eain Yow impeded Ghosal enough to not let him make a shot that should have been able to. He's eaten back into Yow's lead.
15:47 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 1-6 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-1 (11-9, 9-11)
Yow starting to assert just a little bit of dominance now. Expert drop followed by a great overhead shot that Ghosal just couldn't make it to in time.
15:45 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 1-2 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-1 (11-9, 9-11)
Let given after what felt like a round of pinball where the ball kept being ricocheted off the side walls.
15:41 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 9-11 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-1 (11-9)
Game point for Eain Yow. Can he finish this here? Well, yeah he can. Just as I was typing that out.
15:37 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 8-8 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-0 (11-9)
Tight match continuing to be tight so far. 8-8, at the moment.
15:35 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 7-6 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-0 (11-9)
A stroke awarded in Yow's favour after the Malaysian was unable to get past Ghosal saw the former get back on level terms. He followed that up by hitting the tin to let Ghosal into the lead again
15:33 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 6-5 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-0 (11-9)
Eain Yow is starting to eat into the healthy lead that Ghosal had. It's now down to one point.
15:30 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 5-2 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-0 (11-9)
The longest rally of the match is brought to an end by an incredible sequence of shots by Saurav Ghosal. A backhand shot down the line, followed by a drop that was then followed by another backhand down the line, leaving Yow in no man's land.
15:26 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 2-2 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-0 (11-9)
Cagey start to the game as you'd expect. Neither competitor wants to give anything away and, four points in, these two amazing athletes are tied at 2-2.
15:20 (IST)5 OCT 2023
SQUASH - Men's singles final
Saurav Ghosal 11-9 Ng Eain Yow Match Score: 1-0
Game, Ghosal! Done in again by the drop. But you'd think the 'no let' call from the referee is a little harsh given there's a no way he could have made that shot with Ghosal being where he was. That shot was never going to be easy either way, of course. As a result, Saurav Ghosal is two games away from a singles gold medal.
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From there on, the day improved as India received multiple qualifications in wrestling, out of which two converted to Bronze medals. Indian Archers did not disappoint once again, adding two shining Golds to the tally courtesy of the Men and Women Compound Teams.
HS Prannoy battled out his opponent (and a dodgy back) to win the quarterfinal in the grandest of fashions. Dipika Pallikal and Sandhu delivered as they added another Gold to India while Saurav Ghosal had to settle for Silver.
India's men's kabaddi team won both their matches to set up a semifinal date with Pakistan tomorrow. And to finish the day, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished their quarterfinal match in under half an hour to cruise into the semifinals!
An enthralling day comes to an end and tomorrow promises to be just the same! That's all we have for you from our side. Join us back tomorrow right here at Sportskeeda! Until then, it's goodnight from our side!