Overview
- Hong Kong beat India 3-0 in the men’s quarter-finals, with Manush Shah losing to Wong Chun Ting, Manav Thakkar falling in five to Chan Baldwin, and Ankur Bhattacharjee edged by Lam Siu Hang.
- Singapore upset India 3-2 in the women’s tie after several close rubbers slipped away despite a spirited win from Yashaswini Ghorpade.
- India fielded a reconfigured men’s squad lacking veterans after Sharath Kamal’s retirement and absences for G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai.
- Both Indian teams entered directly at the quarter-final stage as previous bronze medallists but could not convert the home venue at Kalinga Stadium into a podium return.
- Elsewhere, China’s women swept Thailand 3-0 in under an hour, and Iran’s 15-year-old Benyamin Faraji stunned world No. 2 Lin Shidong 3-2 in a men’s rubber.