Asian Games 2018, Day 6 Highlights: India strike gold in rowing and tennis, score another big win in hockey
Hello and welcome to live coverage of Day 6 of the ongoing Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia.
India had their best day at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games on Friday as they added seven medals to their tally.
India won two gold, one silver and four bronze medals on the day.
While three of these medals came in rowing, two came fron tennis with one gold from each game. The only silver came in kabaddi while Heena Sidhu earned the ninth medal in shooting at the 18th Asian Games.
MEDAL ALERT:
19th medal: India's Rowing athlete Dushyant wins BRONZE in Men's Lightweight Single Sculls event with a timing of 7:18:76!
20th medal: A 2nd rowing medal for India, Rohit Kumar & Bhagwan Singh win Bronze Medal in Men's Lightweight Double Sculls team event.
21st medal: Indian team of Sawaran Singh, Dattu, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet bag GOLD in the men’s Quadruple Sculls event.
22nd medal: Tennis duo Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan clinch gold in men's doubles event, India's sixth gold at the 2018 Asian Games.
23rd medal: Shooter Heena Sidhu bags bronze in Women's 10m air pistol final.
24th medal: It was a heartbreak for India in kabaddi again, women lose to Iran in the final, settle for silver.
25th medal: In Tennis, Prajnesh Gunneswaran loses in men's singles semifinal to settle for bronze medal.
Here's how it happened on day 6 of Asian Games 2018:
Latest Updates
That's it from day 6 at the Asian Games 2018. India remain eighth in the medal tally with 25 medals.
Here's latest medal tally at Asian Games 2018
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 66 46 27 139 2 Japan 29 31 43 103 3 South Korea 23 26 28 77 4 Iran 12 11 8 31 5 Indonesia 9 9 14 32 6 North Korea 8 5 6 19 7 Chinese Taipei 6 7 12 25 8 India 6 5 14 25 9 Thailand 6 4 20 30 10 Uzbekistan 4 10 7 21 11 Kazakhstan 3 7 24 34 12 Mongolia 3 2 4 9 13 Hong Kong 2 5 12 19 14 UAE 2 3 0 5 15 Singapore 2 1 6 9 16 Vietnam 1 6 9 16 17 Kyrgyzstan 1 4 5 10 18 Malaysia 1 4 1 6 19 Lebanon 1 1 2 4 20 Macau 1 1 0 2 21 Philippines 1 0 6 7 22 Jordan 1 0 3 4 23 Cambodia 1 0 0 1 23 Iraq 1 0 0 1 25 Turkmenistan 0 1 2 3 26 Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1 27 Myanmar 0 0 2 2 28 Afghanistan 0 0 1 1 28 Pakistan 0 0 1 1 28 Qatar 0 0 1 1 Hockey
India 8-0 Japan
India continue their dominance with another big win in their third group stage match in men's hockey. India have now scored 51 goals at the 2018 Asian games so far. They sit atop the table in pool A.
Hockey
End of 2nd quarter: India 3-0 Japan
Rupinder Pal Singh scored from a penalty corner to extend the lead.
Hockey
End of 1st quarter: India 2-0 Japan
Dilpreet and Sunil have scored for India who have been on the offensive. However, Japan has threatened to do some damage on the counter.
Hockey
Indian men are taking on Japan in their third group stage match. India have scored 43 goals in the two matches played so far.
Squash
MEDAL ASSURED
Joshna Chinappa defeats Hong Kong’s Chan Ho Ling 3-1 in women's singles. India are now assured of at least 3 medals in Squash.
Badminton
India's HS Prannoy loses to Thailand's Wangcharoen Kantaphon 12-21, 21-15, 15-21 in round of 32.
Boxing
Manoj Kumar beats Wangdi Sangay of Bhutan in Men’s Welter weight round of 32.
Tennis
India finish their 2018 Asian Games campaign in tennis with a gold and two bronze medals. It is a good show considering the confusion before the start of the games with Leander Paes pulling out at the last minute.
Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan proved their worth while Ankita Raina and Prajnesh met expectations. Ramkumar Ramanathan’s no-medal show was the biggest disappointment.
Tennis
BRONZE MEDAL ALERT
Prajnesh Gunneswaran loses his semifinal match against Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin 2-6 2-6, settles for bronze medal.
Badminton
India's HS Prannoy loses first game 12-21 to Thailand's Wangcharoen Kantaphon.
Badminton
India's HS Prannoy is facing Thailand's Wangcharoen Kantaphon in men's singles round of 32 right now.
Swimming
India's Sejal Sandeep finishes 7th in Men's 50m Breaststroke final with a timing of 27.98.
Big one for Ponappa and Reddy
Boxing
Not a great start for India- Gaurav Solanki loses 0-5 to Tanaka Ryomei of Japan in his men’s 52 kg category round of 32 bout.
Badminton
India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy enter quarterfinals in women's doubles. They beat Malaysia’s MK Chow and MY Lee 21-17, 16-21, 21-19 in hard-fought round of 16 match.
Boxing
Indian pugilists kick off their campaign at 2018 Asian Games. Gaurav Solanki is in action against Tanaka Ryomei of Japan in the men’s 52 kg category round of 32.
Tennis
India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran is taking on Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in Men's Singles semifinal right now.
Gymnastics
Dipa Karmakar finishes fifth in the Balance Beam final with a score of 12.500. The gold goes to Chen Yile of China with a 14.600.
Squash
TWO MEDALS ASSURED
Dipika Pallikal Karthik registers a 3-0 win over Misaki Kobayashi of Japan and reaches the semis. She is now assured of at least a bronze medal.
Sourav Ghoshal beats Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu to enter the semifinals in men's category.
Badminton - men's second round
ALL OVER FOR SRIKANTH!
World No. 28, Wong Wong Ki thrashes Kidambi Srikanth 23-21 and 19-21. India have never won a singles badminton gold at the Asian Games and with this game, one of the major prospects of the same bows out.
Badminton - men's second round
Srikanth 13 - 13 Wong Wong Ki
Badminton - men's second round
Out! And it's 11-11
Badminton - men's second round
A smash and Srikanth makes it 10-11 vs Wong Wong Ki.
Badminton - men's second round
World No. 28 Wong Wong Ki leads Srikanth 11 - 7 in the singles event.
Badminton - men's second round
After a close fight, Kidambi Srikanth goes down 21-23 vs Hong Kong's Wong Wong Ki Vincent in the first game of the singles event on Friday.
Badminton - men's doubles
Srikanth now trails 16- 17 vs Hong Kong's Wong Wong Ki
Badminton - men's second round
Srikanth leads 11-9 vs Hong Kong's Wong Wong Ki Vincent.
Badminton - men's second round
Time for Kidambi Srikanth to take the court. His second round against Hong Kong's Wong Wong Ki Vincent is underway.
The Indian is leading 5-3.
Archery - Compound mixed team quarters
India lose to Iran, AGAIN. This time in archery. They go down 153 - 155 Iran.
Archery - Compound mixed team quarters
India already have lost to Iran twice - men's kabaddi side in the semi-final and latest, women's kabaddi side in the final.
Now, India are trailing against the same country in archery as well.
Indian fans are certainly not happy:
Archery - Compound Mixed Team Quarterfinal
The India team continues to lead Iran after two sets -- 78-77.
A few minutes later, Iran zoom away with the lead 117 - 95 India
Compound Archery - mixed team quarter-final
India's Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Vennam are in action against Iran.
Kabaddi - women's final
Classic scenes at the stadium, people in red break into massive celebrations, while people in red go silent.
On Thursday, India men lost to Iran in the semi-final. Today, women have lost to the same opponents.
Iran avenge their 2014 Asian Games final loss to these Indian opponents.
Kabaddi - women's final
Excellent fightback from India here, THREE POINTS. The male Kabaddi player who was seen crying screams in excitement.
The spectators have charged up now.
India 24 - 26 Iran
Kabaddi - women's final
Emotional scenes. The Indian supporters have gone quiet and one of the members of Indian men's team is seen crying in the stands. India are still 21-15 behind vs Iran.
Kabaddi - women's final
Iran now have extended their lead by four points. It's getting tougher for the defending champions.
India 20 - 24 Iran
Kabaddi - women's final
The India men's kabaddi team applaud from the stands after a successful tackle from Indian Captain Payel. India 19 - 22 Iran.
Kabaddi - women's final
One point each for both the teams, now India 18 - 21 Iran
Kabaddi - women's final
India 16 - 19 Iran
Kabaddi - women's final
Time Out!
India 15 - 18 Iran
The coach has a quick talk with the defending champions India.
Kabaddi - women's final
One point for India, FINALLY in the second half. India 15 - 18.
Kabaddi - women's final
Iran have kicked off the second half with a bang! They now lead India 17-13. The defending champions are in major trouble here.
Kabaddi - women's final
The cracking second half begins. India women have won two Asian Games titles so far - 2010 and 2014.
The ongoing final is the repeat of 2014 Incheon final and Iran certainly are looking to avenge that loss!
Kabaddi - women's final
An unsuccessful tackle by the Indian women helps Iran reduce the gap. But India bag two more points. Now India 13 - 11 as we approach half-time.
Kabaddi - women's final
First-half still on, seven odd minutes to go and the scoreline is 13-8 in the favour of India.
Meanwhile, the Indian men's team, that failed to reach the final for the very first time at the Asian Games, are present to cheer their countrywomen.
Kabaddi - women's final
Iran are fighting back, they now trail 7-9 to India.
Kabaddi - women's final
The gold medal match between India and Iran is underway. Our women are leading 7-5. Chak de!
Weightlifting
India's athlete in Women's 63 kg, Rakhi Halder fails to lift 93 kg in all her 3 attempts (Snatch).
Weightlifting - Women's 63Kg event
The event is underway and India has Rakhi Halder participating.