Tezzbuzz Desk – India got double success early in the morning on the sixth day of the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya. In squash, India's experienced player Joshna Chinappa and her partner Velavin Senthilkumar defeated the Philippines pair 2-0 and reached the semi-finals. With this, India's first squash medal in the ongoing Asian Games was confirmed. India's medal tally continued for the sixth consecutive day.
This medal is very special for Joshna Chinappa. At the age of 40, she has been successful in winning a medal in the fifth consecutive Asian Games. Joshna, who won a medal in the Asian Games for the first time in 2010, also won medals in 2014, 2018 and 2022. Now in 2026 also he has continued this trend. However, now the focus will be on whether Joshna succeeds in winning the gold medal in the Asian Games for the first time.
At the same time, on the sixth day of the Asian Games, India also got great success in table tennis. Two Indian pairs had entered the quarterfinals of mixed doubles. The pair of Harmeet Desai and Yashaswani Ghorpade had to face defeat against Taiwan, but the pair of Diya Chitale and Manush Shah performed brilliantly and made it to the semi-finals.
Dia Chitale and Manush Shah caused a major upset by defeating world fourth-ranked Hong Kong pair Wong Chun Tim and Du Hoi Kem 3-1 in the quarter-finals. The Indian pair won the first, third and fourth games. The score of the match was 11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5.
With this victory, India's medal in mixed doubles of the Asian Games is confirmed. This is the second time after the 2018 Asian Games that India is going to win a medal in this event. That is, on the sixth day, India has further strengthened its campaign by securing two more medals in squash and table tennis.