Asian Games 2018: India men’s squash team settle for bronze after 0-2 semi-final defeat against Hong Kong

Defending Champion India settled for bronze in the men’s squash semi-final after losing to Hong Kong 0-2 at the 18^th Asian Games in Jakarta on Friday.

The team that had Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon and Mahesh Mangaonkar failed to live up to their champion status against a superior Hong Kong, who had won the bronze in 2014.

Saurav, who was reportedly not fully fit went down 0-3 to Max Lee, losing the three games 7-11, 9-11, 11-13, while Sandhu lost 1-3 against Leo Au to knock themselves out of the competition.

Hong Kong will now meet the winner of the semi-final contest between Pakistan and Malaysia in the semis.

Meanwhile, the women’s team had earlier caused a big upset by defeating favourites Malaysia 2-0 in the semi-finals to reach their second successive final in the squash team championships. They will next take on Hong Kong in the final on Saturday.

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India has so far won 65 medals, which includes 13 gold, 23 silver, and 29 bronze medals. They had won 57 medals in the previous edition at Incheon in 2014.