The Indian women’s squash team defeated Malaysia 2-0 to enter the gold medal match at the Asian Games 2018. Meanwhile, India’s Ragino Kiro and Naocha Singh Laitonjam will be competing in the Kayak single (K1) 200m women’s semifinal and Kayak single (K2) 200m men’s semifinal respectively later in the day. Apart from this, India will compete in the Canoe double (C2) 200 men’s semis, which will also take place later in the day. The Day 13 of the Asiad saw India’s Ranjit Singh compete in the Men’s Keirin Cycling Track event but was eliminated after finishing second last in Heat 2 of Round 1 Repechage event. Along with him Esow Alben, too, was eliminated after finishing last in Heat 1 of men’s Keirin Round 1 Repechage. In Judo, Rajwinder Kaur’s Asiad campaign halted after she lost her women’s +78kg Repechage round to Jiawen Tsai of Chinese Taipei. In Table Tennis, India’s Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost their respective men’s singles Round of 16 match. Manika Batra, on the other hand, too lost her women’s singles Round of 16 matches to bow out of the tournament.
