2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou (23rd September to 8th October, 2023)

[Gollum]

11 minutes ago, bharathh said:

 

True. Strange that we have not stepped up in tennis. Hopefully, things get better soon. The East Asian quality is really average tbh.

East Asians have won grand slams in women's singles, Nishikori USO finalist in 2014, then many deep runs by others, heck a Korean kid stopped Nole in AO which even Nadal has never managed. And East Asian origin players representing western countries are doing well. No comparison really.

 

If they are average, we are 500 m below the ground.

[bharathh]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

East Asians have won grand slams in women's singles, Nishikori USO finalist in 2014, then many deep runs by others, heck a Korean kid stopped Nole in AO which even Nadal has never managed. And East Asian origin players representing western countries are doing well. No comparison really.

 

If they are average, we are 500 m below the ground.

 

Maybe so - but the quality of tennis at the Asian games is distinctly average. I don't think Li Na is playing here - so no comparison. Men's esp is pretty poor. India being poor doesn't mean much for Asian tennis. 

 

I've played semi-pro in the US back in the day - so giving my input based on my experience. 

[bharathh]

Swapnil Kusale 15 shots away from a gold in 50m 3 positions. On top after 2 positions (kneeling and prone).

[bharathh]

One set all in the Mixed doubles semi. Ten pt tie-break to decide the winner. Cmon Bopanna!

[bharathh]

India 5-2 in the tie-breaker

[bharathh]

Now 7-2 .. 3 pts from the final

[bharathh]

Awesome .. through to the final. 

[bharathh]

Damn. Swapnil blows a healthy lead to come fourth allowing the Chinese to win :(. Aiswary Tomar comes from nowhere to win silver. Should have been a confirmed Gold. Pity. Better luck next time Swapnil.

Edited September 29, 2023 by bharathh

[bharathh]

Scored a shocking 7.6 to lose his lead completely 

[Number]

Can we touch 20 golds this time ?

Shooting has given a lot of hope.

[Gollum]

We'll touch 20 I think...men's hockey, men's cricket, kabaddi (x2), athletics , boxing+wrestling, chess....not confident about gold in weightlifting. 

[bharathh]

Always surprised to see why we don't have any gymnasts. With a proud tradition of sports like malkhambh it is strange that we are not able to tap into this for gymnastics. I suppose they are very different. 

[Sandz]

Can anyone tell me which channel is showing these? DD?

[bharathh]

2 minutes ago, Sandz said:

Can anyone tell me which channel is showing these? DD?

Sony Sports, 2,3,4 - or you can watch on SonyLiv the app

[bharathh]

Pak beat Hong Kong to go to the Squash men's team finals. India plays Malaysia next. 

[bharathh]

1 minute ago, bharathh said:

Pak beat Hong Kong to go to the Squash men's team finals. India plays Malaysia next. 

Sorry game is still on

 

Pak up 1-0 vs Hong Kong in the first semi-final in Squash men's team. 

 

India plays Malaysia next. 

[bharathh]

Men's badminton team vs Nepal in the QF. Easy path to the SF for the men. Hope they continue their amazing form of late to win gold.

[bharathh]

Will play either Indonesia/S Korea in the semis.

[Norman]

Our primary objective was to finish in the top 4 only behind China, Japan and Korea so we're well on track for that. Those three countries are probably at a different level to us in all parameters so not much of a shame there..

 

But we have no business finishing below the likes of Uzbekistan, Iran , Indonesia, Taiwan etc ..

[Norman]

Hope we close the gap between us and the top 3 East Asian giants in the coming two decades. Still a long long way to go though...