Asian Games 2023: Indian tennis pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan reach men's doubles final

Updated : Sep 28, 2023 16:11
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The Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan assured India of at least a silver medal after reaching the final of men's doubles event in Tennis.

The Indian duo beat the Korean pair of Soonwoo Kwon and Seongchan Hong in the semis. The Indians won the first set comfortably by a score of 6-1. The Korean pair though fought back in the second set, winning it in the tiebreak to tie the match at one set apiece. 

However, Myneni and Ramanthan reigned supreme in the super tiebreak. They didn't lose a single point and won the super tiebreak 10-0 to storm into the final.

They will now face Chinese Taipei's Jason Jung and Yu-hsiou Tsu in the Gold medal match.

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