India Creates History at Asian Table Tennis Championships

India’s Harmit Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade delivered an impressive performance at the Asian Table Tennis Championships, securing a medal in the mixed doubles event. The Indian duo defeated South Korea’s Park Ganghyeon and Lee Dayeun 3-2 in a closely contested quarterfinal on Friday. They won the match 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, rallying in the final two games to seal their place in the semifinals.

The victory guarantees India a mixed doubles medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships for the first time in 72 years. The last such medal came in 1954, when Yatin Vyas and Meena Parande won gold for India in the event. Harmit Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade have now added another significant milestone to Indian table tennis history. The Indian pair will next face Japan’s Miwa Harimoto and Sora Matsushima in the semifinals.