Asian Games updates: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale enter mixed doubles quarters

India had a successful Day 4 as medals kept coming since morning. Sift Kaur Samra secured a gold medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Final. The women's 25m pistol shooting team consisting of Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, and Esha Singh had already clinched a gold earlier in the women’s 25m pistol team event.

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Additionally, Nikhat Zareen is set to continue her boxing journey and will face Chorong Bak of Korea as she aims for gold and an Olympic quota.

Here are the LIVE Updates of Asian Games 2023 Today:

Bridge: The Indian men's team displayed a strong performance, winning all three of their round-robin group-stage matches. Currently, Team India holds the second rank with 51.67 points after playing 42 boards, with Japan leading the rankings. 

Conversely, the Indian women's team couldn't make a significant impact, securing a win in only one of their three matches on the same day.

Squash: India suffers a 1-2 defeat to Pakistan in their Pool A match.

Basketball: India secured a 66-46 victory over Indonesia in the preliminary round women's Group A match.

Tennis: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale, the second seeds, comfortably advance to the quarter-finals by defeating their Japanese opponents 6-3, 6-4 in the mixed doubles third round.

Tennis: Ankita Raina and Yuki Bhambri of India have been defeated in the third round match.

Bridge: India suffered a 1-4 defeat to the Philippines in the Mixed Team Round Robin match.

Tennis: The second-seeded pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni has progressed to the semifinals of the men's doubles event. With this achievement, India is guaranteed a bronze medal in tennis at the Hangzhou Asian Games, marking their first medal in this sport at the event.

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen won her bout by unanimous decision against South Korea's Bak Chorong. She has progressed to the quarterfinals.

Wushu: Roshibina Devi of India defeated Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen from Vietnam to secure a spot in the final of the Women's 60kg category.

Table Tennis: India's Sreeja Akula and Harmeet Desai have advanced to the Round of 16 in the mixed doubles event. They secured this spot by defeating Macao's Chi Cheong and Hui Seak with a convincing 3-0 victory in the Round of 32 clash.

Squash: The Indian women's team secured a 3-0 victory against Macao. Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa, and Anahat Singh each clinched 3-0 wins in their respective matches. Their next match is against Malaysia on Thursday.

Chess: Indian players fall short of medals in the individual events. Vidit Gujrathi secured the fifth position, with Arjun Erigaisi finishing sixth. In the women's event, Harika Dronavalli achieved a fourth-place finish, while Koneru Humpy claimed seventh place. 

It's worth noting that Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh will be competing in the team event.

Equestrian: Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla have progressed to the finals in the Intermediate I, Individual Event.

Table Tennis: In a mixed doubles match, Sathiyan G and Manika Batra won against the Thai pairing of Suthasini and Napat to enter the Round of 16.

Tennis: Ankita Raina, despite securing the first set with a 6-3 victory, faced defeat against her Japanese opponent as she lost the following two sets, both by identical 6-4 scores.

Tennis: Sumit Nagal faced defeat in the men's singles quarter-final against China's Zhang. Sumit initially took the lead by winning the first set 7-6 but couldn't maintain the momentum and lost the next two sets 6-1 and 6-2. 

ESports: India secured a 5th-place finish in the League of Legends event. Led by captain Akshaj Shenoy (Kai) and featuring Samarth Arvind Trivedi (CrankO), Mihir Ranjan (Lotus), Sanindhya Malik (Deadcorp), Aakash Shandilya (Infi), and Aditya Selvaraj (Krow), the Indian team faced a 0-2 defeat against Vietnam in the quarter-finals.

India's DOTA 2 team is gearing up to kick off their campaign with opening group stage matches against Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines on Friday.

Shooting: Anant Jeet Singh Naruka won the silver medal in the men's skeet final. The Indian had a score of 58 out of 60, surpassed only by the 60-year-old Kuwaiti veteran Al Rashidi, who achieved a perfect 60 out of 60. 

Shooting: Esha Singh, a talented 18-year-old, secures a remarkable silver medal in the Women's 25m Pistol event.

Shooting: In the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final, Sift Kaur Samra and Ashi Chouksey have both won gold and bronze respectively.

Squash: Both the Indian men's and women's teams maintain their unbeaten record in the pool stages with convincing 3-0 victories against Kuwait and Nepal, respectively.

Basketball: India secures a 21-12 victory against Macau in the 3X3 Men's Basketball. Their next challenge awaits as they face China in the final group-stage match on Friday.

Hockey: India dominates with a 13-0 victory over Singapore, scoring 5 goals in the first quarter, 3 goals in the second quarter, 1 goal in the third quarter, and 4 goals in the final quarter. A total of 10 different goal scorers contributed to India's impressive win.

Sailing: In the Men's Dinghy - ILCA7 event, despite the final race being canceled, India's Vishnu Saravanan secures the bronze medal, securing a 3rd-place finish in the overall standings after calculating the net total from the previous 11 races.