Asian Games: Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale clinch gold in mixed-doubles tennis

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale produced a clinical performance on Saturday to clinch gold in the mixed doubles event. With their achievement, the Indian duo better their performance from the men's double where they ended as runner-up.

Hangzhou: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale clinched gold in mixed-doubles tennis with In a major feat, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale secured gold in mixed-doubles tennis with a scoreline 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 win over Chinese Taipei.

The start for the Indian pair was shaky as they dropped the first set. Chinese Taipei’s En-shuo Liang and Tsung-hao Huang showed some excellent form in the opening set and beat the Indian pair by a score of 6-2. After a disappointing start, the Indian pair forced a tie-break with their superb performance in the second set.

Both the Tennis stars were determined to ink a bounce back into the match and they won the second set by 6-3. With both the teams levelling the terms India turned the table on Chinese Taipei's pair and forced the tiebreak and won it by a score of 10-4. Thus, it was a golden finish for them and India got its first gold in Tennis in the ongoing Asian Games.

The final tennis match went on for almost over one hour but India made no mistake to clinch the gold medal.

However, in the semi-final match, the Indian pair lost control in the second set but they prevailed in the tiebreaker 10-4 to storm into the final match assuring themselves a medal.

The Indian contingent stands at fourth place in the 19th Asian Games medals table with a total of 34 medals. Which includes nine gold, 13 silver, and 13 bronze medals.