Asian Games 2010 Day 10: Somdev takes centrestage, India maintains 8th spot on table


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By Victor D’Souza, Doha
From various sources
Bellevision Media Network

Monday, 22 November 2010: Tennis star Somdev Devvarman took centre stage by fetching a gold medal in doubles event and also becoming the first Indian to reach the final in men`s singles as India clinched three medals to maintain their 8th position on the tenth day of competitions in the 16th Asian Games on Monday. With the addition of three more medals, India`s medal tally climbed to six gold, 12 silver and 18 bronze. Hosts China continued to reign supreme and consolidated their posision atop the medal table with a stupendous haul of 154-77-73 while South Korea (61-51-66) and Japan (32-59-67) were in the second and third.

 

Somdev teamed up with Sanam Singh to claim the title in the men`s doubles event and inched closer to a historic singles gold by moving into the final on what turned out to be a fruitful day for him. Sania Mirza and Vishnu Vardhan had to be content with a silver in mixed doubles while the men`s archery team comprising Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar bagged a bronze in the team event. The women’s hockey team went down to China 1-2 in their last league match but were still in contention for a bronze medal.

 

Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) and Kavita Goyat (75kg) assured India of at least two bronze medals in women`s boxing by advancing to the semifinals with contrasting wins. Santosh Kumar also advanced to the semi-finals in the men`s section. After launching their campaign in spectacular fashion by fetching two gold medals, the athletes returned empty-handed today while the grapplers, who accounted for two bronze medals yesterday, came a cropper in Greco Roman competitions.

 

The day clearly belonged to Somdev as he pipped Japan`s Tatasuma Ito 6-2 0-6 6-3 in the semifinals to set up the summit-clash with top seed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Later, he and Sanam Singh combined superbly to win first gold medal for India in the tennis event in this edition of the Games as the sixth seed pair shocked second seed Chinese Gong Maoxin and Li Zhe 6-3 6-7(4) 10-8 in the final. However, gold eluded Sania yet again as she and Vishnu Vardhan, seeded sixth, lost the mixed doubles final 6-4 1-6 2-10 to second seed Taipei pair of Chan Yung Jan and Yang Tsung Hua.

 

 

In women`s hammer throw, national record holder Hardeep Kaur started with a foul attempt before attaining her best effort of the day, 60.54m in her third attempt, to finish fourth. Sprinters Mohammed Najeeb Qureshi and Krishnakumar Rane both failed to advance to the men`s 100m final after finishing fourth by both in the semifinals. Spearheaded by Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa, Indian men`s and women`s racqueters came out with a heartening performance to end the day on an unbeaten note in the squash team events.

 

Indian men blanked Japan 3-0 in their opening encounter of the day and then went on to secure their third straight preliminary league victory in the event, thrashing Saudi Arabia with an identical scoreline. In the women`s section, Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony ripped apart the challenge of Chinese racqueters 3-0 in the first outing. They then secured a victory over arch-rivals Pakistan. India slumped to a 1-2 defeat at the hands of defending champions China in their last round-robin match but still qualified for the bronze medal play-off game against Japan in women`s hockey competitions.

 

The Indian trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia fought through challenging conditions to clinch the men`s team bronze after beating Chinese Taipei in the Archery competition. Like the women, the Indian men defeated Chinese Taipei but with a more comprehensive 220-216 margin as compared to the women`s 218-217 victory in the bronze medal play-off. Incidentally, both men and women lost to world`s top archers from South Korea in the semifinals before clinching the bronze medal.

 

In chess, Indian women drubbed Mongolia to climb to the joint top position while their male counterparts slipped to the fourth spot with a shocking defeat at the hands of lower-rated Philippines after the fifth round. In rugby, despite suffering heavy defeats in all three league matches, the Indian men`s team qualified for the quarter finals as only nine teams are in the fray. The women performed no better, and were steamrolled by Japan 31-0 for their second straight preliminary league defeat after being thumped 50-0 by Kazakhstan. India swamped Bangladesh 34-20 in their opening encounter as women`s kabaddi made its Asian Games debut on Monday.

 

Medals Tally

 

 

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

China

154

77

73

304

South Korea

61

51

66

178

Japan

32

59

67

158

Iran

12

8

15

35

Hong Kong

8

13

12

33

Chinese Taipei

8

9

29

46

Thailand

7

7

22

36

India

6

12

18

36

Malaysia

6

11

8

25

Kazakhstan

5

13

23

41

 

 

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