India goes down to South Korea in Asian Games 2026 Table Tennis Men’s Team knockouts
FILE PHOTO: Manush Shah managed to stretch World No. 23 Oh Junsung to five games but ultimately finished on the wrong end. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP
FILE PHOTO: Manush Shah managed to stretch World No. 23 Oh Junsung to five games but ultimately finished on the wrong end. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP
The Indian campaign in the Table Tennis Men’s Team event at the Asian Games 2026 culminated in the Round of 16 on Tuesday, with elimination at the hands of South Korea.
The Koreans took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the first three Round 1 matches to set up a quarterfinal clash with Hong Kong, China.
India began the tie on the front foot. Harmeet Desai took the first game against Jang Woojin, 11- 8. But the World No. 11 fought back to take the next three games 11-7, 11-8 abnd 11-9 to give Korea an advantage in the tie.
The second contest was much closer, as Manush Shah pushed World No. 23 Oh Junsung to five games before losing 11-4, 8-11, 11-13, 13-11, 11-6 in 54 minutes.
Manav Thakkar couldn’t prevent An Jaehyun from making it a Korea clean sweep. The World No. 36 won 12-10, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10 to end India’s run.
India qualified for the first knockout round after finishing second in Group F behind Iran, notching wins over Indonesia and Pakistan.
In the previous edition of the games, the men’s team made the quarterfinals before going down 0-3 to the same opposition. China went on to beat South Korea for gold in the summit clash.
Published on Sep 22, 2026
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