India Assured of Table Tennis Medal at Asian Games, Mukherjee Duo Defeats World Champions

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee of India made history on Saturday by defeating Meng Chen and Yidi Wang of China in the quarterfinals of the women's doubles competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9.

India will take home a medal in women's doubles at the Asian Games for the first time ever. The Chinese pair is now rated No. 2 in the world, while the Indian pair is ranked 16.

The Mukherjees grew up playing table tennis together under the instruction of Mihir Ghosh, therefore they are quite familiar with one another's games.

Sutirtha has had a difficult time recently after compatriot and table tennis superstar Manika Batra claimed that Sutirtha's coach, who was also in charge of the women's team at the time, had urged her to throw a 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games qualification match. She unintentionally became involved in the scandal, but this year she rejoined the national team, and there has been no turning back since.

After the pair chose to focus on doubles again about four months ago, Ayhika moved under Roy's instruction. They had gained confidence after winning a WTT Contender meet in Tunis in June.

Their opponents were kept guessing by the rubbers in their table tennis bats.

According to Ayhika's father Gautam, "Ayhika uses a particular kind of rubber and Sutirtha knows exactly what to expect when their rivals effect a return."

Hopefully, the duo's rubber variation will be crucial in the semi-final matchup against North Korea on Monday as well.

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Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee of India made history on Saturday by defeating Meng Chen and Yidi Wang of China in the quarterfinals of the women's doubles competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9.

India will take home a medal in women's doubles at the Asian Games for the first time ever. The Chinese pair is now rated No. 2 in the world, while the Indian pair is ranked 16.

The Mukherjees grew up playing table tennis together under the instruction of Mihir Ghosh, therefore they are quite familiar with one another's games.

Sutirtha has had a difficult time recently after compatriot and table tennis superstar Manika Batra claimed that Sutirtha's coach, who was also in charge of the women's team at the time, had urged her to throw a 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games qualification match. She unintentionally became involved in the scandal, but this year she rejoined the national team, and there has been no turning back since.

After the pair chose to focus on doubles again about four months ago, Ayhika moved under Roy's instruction. They had gained confidence after winning a WTT Contender meet in Tunis in June.

Their opponents were kept guessing by the rubbers in their table tennis bats.

According to Ayhika's father Gautam, "Ayhika uses a particular kind of rubber and Sutirtha knows exactly what to expect when their rivals effect a return."

Hopefully, the duo's rubber variation will be crucial in the semi-final matchup against North Korea on Monday as well.

The Mukherjees are deserving of all the credit for their outstanding performance because this is a historic accomplishment for Indian table tennis.They deserve recognition for their outstanding performance.