Asiad 2026: Tough road for Lakshya, Sindhu; Satwik-Chirag eye another gold
Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu face a stern test after being handed challenging draws, while defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got a relatively favourable route to the semifinals as the focus shifts to the individual competitions following the team championships at the Asian Games, beginning here on Friday.
India managed to secure back-to-back medals at the Asian Games after the men's team signed off with a bronze following a silver in the last edition at Hangzhou, China.
It was a 1-3 loss to China in the semifinals which saw India settle for a bronze on Wednesday.
The loss can be attributed to the failure of the singles player as both Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty lost their respective matches.
It was a similar story in women's team championships as PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda came a cropper against Japanese counterparts in the quarterfinals to return without a medal.
The single stars will have to quickly recover from the disappointment and regroup as they trai
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