India’s first medal in Asian Table Tennis Championship confirmed: Defeated Paris bronze medalist South Korea, match with Japan today

Ayhika Mukherjee defeated world number-8 Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee.

The Indian women’s team has caused a major upset in the Asian Table Tennis Championship. The team defeated Paris Olympics bronze medalist South Korea 3-2 in the quarter-final match and secured a medal by making it to the top-4.

Ayhika Mukherjee played an important role in this victory. The world number 92 Indian player defeated world number-8 Shin Yubin and world number 16 Jeon Jihee. The Indian women’s team will face Japan on Wednesday.

With this victory, the Indian women’s team secured its first medal in the Asian Championship organized by the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). Indian women had won bronze in the 1960 edition organized by the now defunct Table Tennis Federation of Asia. That means India has won a medal in the tournament after 64 years.

Indian women’s team participating in the Asian Championship. This team will play the semi-final match against Japan on Wednesday.

Ayhika won 2 matches, today semi-final against Japan There was a tough competition between India and South Korea in the quarter-final match played on Tuesday evening. In the match, Ayhika and Manika Batra gave India an unexpected lead of 2-0, but South Korea leveled the score at 2-2. After this, Ayhika defeated Jihi and gave victory to India.

Ayhika reached the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics. Was not a part of the Indian women’s team, but returned to the team after Archana Kamath’s retirement. Ayhika had defeated world number-1 player Sun Yingsa of China in the World Team Championship earlier this year.

Match result in 5 points

• Ayhika defeated 8th ranked Yubin 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7.
• Manika defeated Jeon Jihee 12-14, 13-11, 11-5, 5-11, 12-10.
• Sreeja Akula had to face defeat at the hands of Li Yunhee 6-11, 10-12, 8-11.
• Yubin defeated Manika 13-11, 11-4, 6-11, 7-11, 12-10.
• Ayhika defeated Jihi 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10 in the decisive match.

Quarter finals of Indian men’s team today The Indian men’s team will play the quarter-finals on Wednesday. The Indian team will compete with Kazakhstan. This match will start at 2 pm.

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