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India ended its campaign at the Asian Table Tennis Championships on Sunday with three medals, including a historic bronze in the women's doubles.
World number 15 pair of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee, who had defeated the reigning world champion pair in the last Asian Championships, lost to Japan's Miwa Harimoto and Miu Kihara 4-11,9-11,8-11 in the semi-finals. less than 30 minutes. Due to which he had to be satisfied with the bronze medal. However, India won the bronze medal in women's doubles for the first time. The Indian pair secured their medal by defeating South Korea's Kim Nayoung and Lee Yunhae in the quarter-finals. The Indian team had earlier won the bronze medal in the team event. In which the team of Manika Batra, Ayahika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee lost 1-3 against Japan. But after reaching the last four, the team won the bronze medal.
In this tournament, which started in 1972, India has won a medal in the women's team event for the first time. In the men's category, the Indian team of Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai lost 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals and had to settle for a bronze medal.
