Asian Games 2018 Day 2: As it happened
The second day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 20, Monday.
India beat Indonesia 17-0 in Men's Hockey, to take on Hong Kong next on Wednesday.
In an embarrassment to India, wrestler Sakshi Malik loses the Bronze Medal to North Korea's Jong Sim Rim 2-12 in Women's Wrestling (62 kg).
India's Sakshi Malik is in action for the Bronze medal in the 62 kg category against Jong Sim Rim of North Korea.
Vinesh Phogat wins Gold in Women's Freestyle 50 kg Wrestling. She bags India's second gold medal at Asian Games 2018.
Badminton, Men's Team Quarterfinal: India Men's Badminton team are knocked out 1-3 by Indonesia in the quarters.
Tennis, Men's Singles (Round of 32): Prajnesh Gunneswaran beats Indonesia's Fitriadi Rifqi 6-2, 6-0 and advances to the pre-quarters.
Kabaddi (Men), India vs Korea: India suffer a shock defeat as they go down 23-24 to Korea in their third group A match. This is India's first-ever loss in the Asian Games history.
Shooting, Trap (Men) FINAL: Lakshay wins the silver medal in Men's Trap event with 43 points. This is India’s 2nd silver and 4th medal overall.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg Semifinals: Sakshi Malik goes down 7-9 to Kyrgyzstan’s Tynybekova Aisuluu in the semis.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg Semifinals: Vinesh Phogat goes through to the Final after a massive 10-0 victory over Uzbekistan’s Yakhshimuratova Dauletbike in the semis.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg Semifinals: Pooja Dhanda loses 0-10 to People's Republic of Korea’s Myong Suk Jong in the semis.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 62 kg Quarterfinals: Sakshi Malik dominates Kazakhstan’s Kassymova Ayaulym 10-0 to enter the semifinal round.
Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth loses 21-23, 22-20, 21- 10 against Ginting Sinisuka (Singles). India 0-1 Indonesia!
Tennis, Women's Singles (Round of 32): Kamran Kaur beats Mongolia’s Altansarnai Jargal in 6-1, 6-0 and advances to the pre-quarters.
Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth fights back to win the second set 22-20 against Ginting Sinisuka (Singles). Kidambi Srikanth 1-1 Ginting Sinisuka!
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg Quarterfinals: Pooja Dhanda overpowers Uzbekistan’s Esenbaeva Nabira 12-1 and is through to the semifinal.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg Quarterfinals: Vinesh Phogat stuns Korea’s Kim Hyung 11-0 and advances to the semifinals.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 62 kg: Sakshi Malik hammers Thailand’s Srisombat Salinee 10-0 in the 1/8 Finals.
Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth loses the first set 21-23 to Ginting Sinisuka (Singles). Kidambi Srikanth 0-1 Ginting Sinisuka!
Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth takes on World No.12 Ginting Sinisuka (Singles)
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg: Pooja Dhanda outwits Thailand’s Orasa Sookdongyor 10-0 to win on Technical superiority in the 1/8 Finals.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 53 kg: Indian wrestler Pinki goes down 0-10 to Mongolia’s Sumiya Erdenechimeg on Technical superiority in the 1/8 Finals!
Shooting, Trap Women: Seema Tomar finishes 6th in the qualification (Day 2) with 116 points and is qualified for the Final.
Wrestling, Men’s Freestyle 125 kg: Sumit Malik loses 0-10 to Iran’s Hadibasmanj Parviz in the 1/8 Finals.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg: Vinesh Phogat routs China's Yahan Sun 8-2 in the 1/8 Finals.
Shooting, 10m Air Rifle (Men): Apurvi Chandela bows out of contention and finishes 5th in the final with a score of 186.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India Women's Badminton team are knocked out after losing 1-3 to Japan in quarters.
Shooting, 10m Air Rifle (Women): Apurvi Chandela storms into the 10m Air Rifle Final. She scores 629.4 points to finish 2nd in the qualifiers.
Tennis, Women's Singles (Round of 32): Ankita Raina beats Indonesia's Beatrice Gumulya 6-2, 6-4 and qualifies for pre-quarters.
Swimming, Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Heat): India clock 7:34:69 in the heats and qualify for the Final round.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, Saina Nehwal loses the 11-21, 25-23, 16-21 to Nozomi Okuhara in the third match. Japan lead India 2-1!
Kabaddi (Women) India vs Thailand: Defending champions India beat Thailand 33-23 in their group A match.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, fired-up Saina Nehwal came back to edge past Nozomi Okuhara 25-23 in the second set. Saina Nehwal 1-1 Nozomi Okuhara!
Shooting, 10m Air Rifle (Men): Deepak Kumar wins silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle. This is India's first silver medal and third overall in the Games.
Silver Medal!! Deepak Kumar scored a 247.7 in the 10m Air Rifle Men's final to clinch India's first silver.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, Saina Nehwal loses the first set 11-21 to Nozomi Okuhara in the third (singles) match.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan (Doubles), India's Arathi Sunil/Nelakurthi Reddy go down 15-21, 6-21 to Japan's 15-21, 6-21.
# India 1-1 Japan!
Rowing, Men's Lightweight Single Sculls (Heats): India's Dushyant clocks 7:43.08 in the Heats and storms into the Final round.
Tennis, Women's Singles (Round of 32): Ankita Raina takes on Indonesia's Beatrice Gumulya.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan (Doubles), Japan's Fukushima. S/ Hirota. S lead India's Arathi Sunil/Nelakurthi Reddy 11-6 at the break.
Shooting, 10m Air Rifle (Men): Ravi Kumar (626.7) and Deepak Kumar (626.3) qualify for the final round! Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar had finished on the 4th and 5th place respectively.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu outclasses World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi in straight games 21-18, 21-19. India off to a great start!
India 1-0 Japan.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan. PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi 19-19.
Swimming, Men's 50m Backstroke (Heat 1)- Great start for India! Srihari Nataraj clocks 26.19 to finish 1st in the Heats. Arvind Mani takes the 2nd spot with a time of 26.58.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu smashes beautifully to win the first game. Sindhu gets the better of dangerous Akane Yamaguchi 21-18 in the first set.
# PV Sindhu 1-0 Akane Yamaguchi!
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu leads Akane Yamaguchi 11-10 at the break.
Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu takes on World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi.
India's schedule for the day:
7.30 AM - Badminton: Women's team quarterfinals, India vs Japan
7.30 AM - Rowing (Heats): Dushyant
7.30 AM - Sepaktakraw: Men's Team Regu Preliminary Group B, India vs Iran
7.30 AM - Shooting (Medal event): Trap Qualification (Men) - Day 2
Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Lakshay
7.30AM - Swimming (Medal Event), Men's 800m Freestyle: Advait Page - Heat 1
7.30 AM - Wushu, Men's Sanda - 56 kg Round of 16: Santosh Kumar vs Wazea Zaid Ali (Yemen)
8.30 AM - Women's Basketball 5x5 Preliminary: Group A - Game 7, Unified Korea vs India
8.30 AM - Rowing (Heats), Men's Quadruple Sculls India
8.30 AM - Taekwondo, Women 53kg Round of 16: Latika Bhandari vs To-Be-Announced
8.30 AM - Tennis, Men's Singles Round of 32: - Prabhakharan Gunneswaran Prajnesh vs Fitriadi M Rfiqi (Indonesia)
8.30 AM - Tennis, Men's Doubles Round of 32: RM Bopanna, Sharan D vs (Indonesia) Susanto Da, Susanto IA
- Sumit Nagal, Ramanathan R vs (Nepal) Bajracharya SB, Bastola A
8.30 AM - Women's Singles Round of 32: - Gumulya Beatrice (Indonesia) vs Raina Ankita
- Thandi Kamran Kaur vs Altansarnai Jargal (Mongolia)
8.50 AM - Rowing (Heats), Women's Four Heats
9.30 AM - Handball (Men), Main Round: Group 3 - Match 2, India vs Malaysia
Mixed Singles Round of 32
10.30 AM - Sepaktakraw, Women's Team Regu Preliminary Group A: India vs Laos
10.30 AM - Tennis, Women's Doubles Round of 32: Raina AR, PG Thombare vs Khan SM, Suhail U (Pakistan)
12.30 PM - Badminton, Men's team quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia
2.00 PM - Volleyball, Men's tournament Preliminary: Pool F match 1, India vs Hong Kong China
2.30 PM - Kabaddi, Men's Team Group A - Game 5: India vs Korea
6.30 PM - Hockey, Men's tournament Pool A: India vs Indonesia
