Indian men lose to South Korea in quarters; women bow out

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The Indian men's team missed out on an Asian Games bronze medal in table tennis after a second-string South Korea blanked them 3-0 in the quarter-finals here on Sunday. Harmeet Desai lost the first match 0-3 to An Jaehyun. G Sathiyan could not get past Park Ganghyeon.

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The onus was on Achantha Sharath Kamal to bring India back into the contest but the veteran from Chennai went down 2-3 to Oh Junsung. The women's table tennis team imploded against a resilient Thailand to bow out of the Games. Star Indian paddler Manika Batra failed in both her singles matches as the women's team lost 2-3 to a resilient Thailand.

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