Tennis: Bopanna-Bhosale through to gold medal match
India's Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won 6-1, 3-6, 10-4 against Chinese Taipei's Yu-hsiou Hsu and Hao-ching Chang in the mixed doubles semi-final at the Asian Games 2023.
The Indian duo won the first set in 28 minutes to take the lead. However, the third seed Chinese Taipei pair bounced back to level the match, forcing a 10-point-tie-breaker set. Bopanna and Bhosale, then, won the tie-breaker by six points to make the mixed doubles final.
In the gold medal match, India will play the other Chinese Taipei pair Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang tomorrow. The Indian contingent have won six mixed doubles medals - two gold, silver and bronze, each - in Asian Games history. Meanwhile, it will be the first mixed doubles Asian Games medal for Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale, who are assured at least a silver medal.

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