New Delhi: The Indian squash pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu clinched gold in a mixed doubles event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Thursday.
The Indian pair registered a thrilling 11-10,11-10 win against Malaysia’s Azman Binti and Siyafiq Bin Mohd. Kamal in straight games in a contest that lasted just over half an hour.
Dipika and Harinder were cruising at one point in the second game, with a six-point lead, but the Malaysian pair pulled back as many consecutive points to make it 10-9 in their favour. But the Indians found their feet again to collect two points to take home the gold medal.
This is India’s 20th gold in this edition of the Asiad and the nation sits fourth in the medal standings with 83 medals in total.
🥇𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞!🌟
Our dynamic mixed doubles team of @DipikaPallikal and @sandhu_harinder clinches GOLD, defeating Malaysia by a score of 2-0 in the final at #AsianGames2022!💥🥳
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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 5, 2023
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