India’s PV Sindhu settled for the silver medal in women’s singles badminton after going down to top seeded Chinese Taipei player Tai Tzu Ying in the final. Tai Tzu was in top form as she dispatched the Indian 21-13, 21-16 in just 34 minutes. Sindhu had already written her name in the annals of Indian sports history when she became the first Indian shuttler to reach the final on Monday. Sindhu, who had lost several high profile finals, including the 2016 Rio Olympics and two World Championship finals, was looking for redemption but failed to put up any challenge in the summit clash. She had also lost the final of the Commonwealth Games earlier this year to compatriot Saina Nehwal. FOLLOW: Asian Games 2018, Day 10 live score and updates Tai Tzu was on the attack from the beginning as she didn’t allow Sindhu to settlle, using her speed and precision perfectly. She sped away to a 5-0 lead in the first game before the Indian managed to open her account. The gap in class was visible as Tai Tzu maintained a vice-like grip on the final throughout, winning the first game 21-13. Sindhu came out firing in the second game but it wasn’t enough as the Chinese Taipei player kept collecting points at will. She eventually closed the second game 21-16 to win her maiden Asian Games gold medal. This is the first time that the women’s singles gold medal has been won by a player from Chinese Taipei.<doc-sep>Asian Games, Day 11 LIVE Updates: As another action-packed day begins, here are all the live updates from the Asiad, taking place in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. Auto refresh feeds In the women’s event, Khushbir Kaur has heartbreakingly finished fourth while compatriot Soumya Baby has been disqualified. India’s premier race walkers Irfan Kolothum Thodi and Manish Singh Rawat have been disqualified from the 20km race walk event. The Indonesian duo, which came after India, have scored 574. The Indian team of Simran and Sonia — both just 20 years of age — 527 points for their three-minute routine. There are seven teams in contention for the gold medal. The duo had won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Championships in Chungju, Republic of Korea. What an incredible first throw of 50.63m – a personal best – from Swapna Barman. This puts her into the gold-medal position currently in the women’s heptathlon. Purnima scores a personal best at 45.48 with her second record. That also means that Purnima is back up to third in the overall standings of women's heptathlon event. The 800m race will take place later in the day. ​Swapna Barman has the lead in the women’s heptathlon after the javelin throw, while Purnima Hembram drops out of bronze-medal position after Japan’s Yuki Yamasaki pips the Indian’s 45.48m effort with 46.48m in her final attempt. Indonesia, expectedly, won gold with a score of 574, Thailand (564) and Malaysia (558) won the other medals on offer. India’s pair of Sonia and Simran had scored 527 in their three-minute routine. This score was good enough for them to be placed seventh in the ‘ganda’ event. 11 MINUTES! That’s all it has taken Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra to storm into the Round of 16 in the mixed doubles table tennis event after they beat Javen Choong and Karen Lyne Dick of Malaysia 11-2, 11-5, 11-8. Anthony Amalraj-Madhurika Patkar have also entered the Last 16 stage of the mixed doubles table tennis event after beating Prasetya Donny Aji and Lilis Indriani 11-4, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9. Amit Panghal won that contest 5:0 on points. Don’t think that result can be disputed! North Korea’s Kim Jyeong Ryeong barely had a significant punch in the third period! Panghal came out fighting in the third period, working away at the face of the North Korean with his right jab until Ryeong cracked and tried to land a punch of his own. In those moments, the Indian used his left hooks to leave his opponent rattled! Cagey start to this first period. Both boxers — India’s Vikas Krishan and China’s Tuoheta Erbieke Tanglatihan — have seemed reluctant to make the first move. But a left hook from Vikas found its mark. As the time ticked, the Chinese pugilist started freeing his hands, but Vikas has his guard up and no punches have got past his defence so far. But the real worry was a cut which opened up near Vikas’ left eye. He said he was okay to fight, but was circumspect after the injury. Tuoheta Erbieke Tanglatihan has been dominant in the second period. The Chinese has taken advantage of the wound next to Vikas’s eye to go of the offensive. The Indian had started as the favourite. Vikas Krishan has won his 75kg quarter-final against China’s Tuoheta Erbieke Tanglatihan by a 3-2 split decision! Knowing fully well that he needed a big round, Vikas came out all guns blazing. He landed a few solid punches too. But the Chinese boxer used his reach pretty well to keep Vikas confined on the ropes for long patches of the third period. Sarjubala Devi was the more aggressive boxer in that first period. The Indian kept her opponent — China’s Chang Yuan — confined to the ropes. The second period has descended into a cat-and-mouse game. Chang Yuan has shown reluctance to attack and after chasing her around the ring, Sarjubala started to stay still on her feet by the end, inviting the Chinese boxer to attack her. Whenever the Chinese boxer tried to do that, she paid the price. The highlight of that second period was a right hook Sarjubala landed square on Chang’s nose. The Chinese boxer seemed to grow in confidence by the end of the third period. Sarjubala landed a few decisive punches at the end of that third round. But that was not enough. India’s Sarjubala Devi has lost her quarter-final encounter in the 51kg weightclass to China’s Chang Yuan with a unanimous 5-0 decision. Sharath-Manika have beaten An Js Cha Hs and An Ji Song 3-2 in Mixed doubles quarters and are assured of a medal. Their second in the Games. What a fantastic sprint from Dutee Chand who win silver medal in Women's 200m with a timing of 23.20. Bahrain's Edidong Odiong takes gold India's Dheeraj loses to Mongolia's Chinzorig Baatarsukh by an unanimous 5-0 margin. No medal for the India India's Swapna Barman wins gold in women's heptathlon event after finishing the seven-discipline event with over 6000 points. India is in the final. They have beaten China 1-0. Match-winning goal scored by Gurjit Kaur of a PC flick. India now play Japan in the Asian Games final. That brings us to end of Day 11 of the Asian Games. Fruitful day for India as it bagged two gold medals, one silver and a bronze. India take their tally to 54 medals and stay in 8th position with 11 gold medals to their name. Here is the full medal tally PC 2 for India at the start of the 3rd quarter. Umpire gives a stroke but China’s referral is correct as the ball hit defender on the stick. India trying to pick momentum here playing more from the flanks. It’s still goalless. Play happening at both ends as India earns their 3rd PC. But Gurjit’s flick sails wide. Pressure on both ends as teams want that elusive first goal. Under 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and it’s still goalless. 4th PC for India and the deflection goes wide. Intensity up for India as they push to get the opening goal. Reena Khokhar goes for a reverse as the shot flies wide. And that is the end of the 3rd Q. Both teams locked goalless. Two consecutive shots flying past the Chinese goal. India still playing too much individual trying for personal glory. Reena Khokhar trying to dribble past the Chinese defence. Momentum with India but they need to score from the opportunities. Nine minutes left in the match. It’s 0-0. GOAL! Gurjit flick flies in. India lead 1-0 after scoring off the 3rd consecutive PC. China takes the referral. But the goal stays. This is getting tense now. China has pulled off their GK. India needs to push aerial balls as China is without a keeper. Seconds ticking away now. India lead 1-0. India is in the final. They have beaten China 1-0. Match-winning goal scored by Gurjit Kaur of a PC flick. India now play Japan in the Asian Games final. That brings us to end of Day 11 of the Asian Games. Fruitful day for India as it bagged two gold medals, one silver and a bronze. India take their tally to 54 medals and stay in 8th position with 11 gold medals to their name. Here is the full medal tally That's all from us today. Thank you for following Firstpost for all the Live updates of the Asian Games. We will bring you updates of all the action on Day 12 tomorrow, so keep following Firstpost. Good night Latest update: FT: India 1-0 China India is in the final. They have beaten China 1-0. Match-winning goal scored by Gurjit Kaur of a PC flick. India now play Japan in the Asian Games final. Day 10 Report: A jobless Manjit Singh came from nowhere to snatch the men's 800m gold for the biggest medal of his life but finals continued to be a riddle for P V Sindhu, taking some sheen off her historic silver at the 18th Asian Games on Tuesday.<doc-sep>JAKARTA (Reuters) - By far the loudest cheers at the main cluster of Asian Games venues in the heart of the Indonesian capital Jakarta over the last couple of weeks have been heard rising from the badminton arena. Slideshow ( 2 images ) Hugely popular in the Southeast Asian host nation, badminton has attracted thousands of spectators – and millions more on television - making it among the most-watched of the two-week event’s 45 sports and 167 disciplines. Even President Joko Widodo was on hand on Tuesday to watch local hero Jonatan Christie win a gold medal in the men’s singles, making it one of just a handful of events he has attended. With a capacity of 7,000, the badminton stadium has for days been a sea of red and white – Indonesia’s national colors – along with a sprinkling of fans from India and China, even during the knock-out stages. The crowd’s cheers rise and fall with shots on the court, roars accompanying each smash or groans when the shuttlecock lands out. “I’ve stopped by some other events since I’m here anyway, but I’m definitely most excited about badminton,” said Filia Paramita, 26, in between cheering on Indonesia’s star duo, Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo, in the men’s doubles semi-final on Monday. It helps that Indonesia has performed exceptionally well in sport at the Games – in both individual and team events - even breaking an otherwise dominant China’s hold on the sport. In addition to Christie’s success, Gideon and Sukamuljo will take on Muhammad Ardianto and Fajar Alfian in an all-Indonesian men’s doubles final later on Tuesday. With fans screaming at almost every point, and some whipped into a frenzy by victorious Indonesian shuttlers who lob their sweaty shirts into the stands, the atmosphere can be somewhat daunting for other players. “It is a bit tough and you just have to focus a lot when the Indonesians are playing in the other courts and the crowd is shouting in support,” said India’s Saina Nehwal, former world number one, after finishing up a match this week. Lucky Mirza, a press relations official for the Games, said the popularity of the sport was reflected in ticket sales, with badminton events selling out days ahead of the event compared with the mostly empty stands at events like athletics or hockey. Although football has taken much of Asia by storm in recent years, many in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, India and China still grow up playing badminton in their backyards or neighborhood sports halls. Indonesia has a track record of success at international badminton competition and have won 26 gold medals in badminton over 15 versions of the Asian Games. Since badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992, however, competition from countries like China, India, Denmark and Spain has grown markedly. That mattered little on Tuesday when several cabinet ministers, an ex-president and other senior government officials joined thousands of Indonesian fans in the stands at the arena to cheer on Christie and the men’s doubles pairings. When asked if the crowd had helped his performance in the final against Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen, Christie said: “Definitely, not just the crowd, but also my grandma, parents and everyone who supported me. Thanks to you, I did it.”<doc-sep>
Misaki Matsutomo and her partner Ayaka Takahashi gave up leads in both games on the way to losing the women’s doubles badminton final 2-0 to Chinese pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan at the Asian Games on Monday. Despite rallying in the second game to stave off a number of match points, the Japanese duo lost their second consecutive Asian Games doubles final, this one 22-20, 22-20 at GBK Istora Arena in Jakarta. The Olympic champions had their chances, with two game points in the first stanza, but the Chinese players proved too resilient in the big moments. “Obviously, this hurts. But, we played well in this tournament and I am satisfied with many parts of it,” said Takahashi who lamented the way they went into their shell with match point on the line. “They played very well and put us under pressure,” said Matsutomo. “Even though this is difficult to take, we have to move forward and be better.” Earlier, Akane Yamaguchi earned bronze in the women’s badminton singles and Kenta Nishimoto did the same in the men’s, becoming the first Japanese man to medal in singles since the 1970 Games. Yamaguchi, ranked second in the world, fought back from a first-game deficit against world No. 3 and Rio Olympic silver medalist V. Sindhu Pusarla of India, but crashed in the decider, losing 21-17, 15-21, 21-10, in their semifinal. “I guess it is good I won a medal but I am not at all satisfied,” Yamaguchi said. “In the final game, I wanted to earn points through big rallies, but I was a bit too slow going into the game. The point difference started to widen more than I thought.” Pusarla said she really had to battle to get the win. “The third set was important for both of us today because each point counted . . . You just had to fight for every point,” she said. Yamaguchi added to her women’s team gold, Japan’s first since 1970, coming in last Wednesday’s 3-1 win over China in the final. In his men’s singles semifinal, Nishimoto gave up a six-point lead in his first game against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie, but ran away with the second to stay alive. After a hard-fought decider, the match went in favor of the home favorite 21-15, 15-21, 21-19, as Nishimoto also picked up his second medal of the games. “What a waste. I’m just frustrated,” said Nishimoto, the first Japanese man to win bronze since Ippei Kojima in 1970. “I was rushed to get points. I was so eager for the points toward the end of the final game and I became heated up and lost my composure. “But experiencing this kind of match many times will ultimately make me stronger.” Christie beat world No. 2 and top seed Shi Yuqi en route to the final, and handed Nishimoto a straight-games loss last Tuesday in the men’s team semifinal as Japan won bronze after a 3-1 defeat against eventual silver medalist Indonesia. “Kenta played pretty well,” said Christie. “He played with nothing to lose and managed to play all out. He really was able to do his strategy properly.”