The Indian duo ace tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale secured their spot in the mixed doubles final event and also assured a medal for India with a 6-1, 3-6, 10-4 victory over Chinese Taipei in the semifinal at the Asian Games 2023 on Friday.The Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won the first set decisively by 6-1 against Chinese Taipeis Yu-hsiou Hsu and Hao-ching Chang.However, in the second set Indian pair lost concentration and faced some strong competition as the Taipei duo took the second set to send the semifinal contest into a tiebreaker, which meant that the first pair to score 10 points would advance to the final clash of the event.News Flash: Rohan Bopanna & Rutuja Bhosale storm into FINAL of Mixed Doubles. 2nd seeded Indian pair beat 3rd seeds 6-1, 3-6, 10-4. #AGwithIAS #AsianGames2022 #AsianGames2022 pic.twitter.com/RHxNbGjTUC— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 29, 2023 The Indian pair secured the victory in the tiebreaker after winning 10-4 to storm into the final and assure themselves of a silver medal, at least.This victory was a relief for the veteran 43-year-old Rohan Bopanna, who is making up for his disappointing first-round exit in the mens doubles event in the ongoing Continental multi-national event.🎾🇮🇳 𝗕𝗢𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 & 𝗕𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟! 43-year-old veteran Rohan Bopanna aims for Asian Games gold in Mixed Doubles alongside Rutuja Bhosale.⏩ Follow @thebharatarmy on Instagram and X for instant updates on the Asian Games 2022.📷 Pic belongs to the… pic.twitter.com/wbzAkpl9bf— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) September 29, 2023 The duo of Bopanna and Bhosale, who advanced into the gold medal match, will take on the Taipei pair in the final of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang on Saturday.In the quarterfinals, the Indian duo had handed a decisive defeat with the scoreline of 7-5, 6-3 to the Kazakhstan pair of Grigoriy Lomakin and Zhibek Kulambayeva on Thursday.Earlier, in the mens doubles gold medal match, the Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan managed to secure the silver medal after suffering disappointing a 4-6 4-6 defeat against the Chinese Taipei duo of Yu-hsiou Hsu and Jason Jung.
