Overview

• Rohit Benedicton shaved the national 50m butterfly record to 23.96 seconds in the semifinals, becoming the first Indian man under 24 seconds and narrowly missing a spot in the final.
• India’s mixed badminton team opened its campaign with a clean 5-0 sweep over Macau in Group F, winning across men’s and women’s singles and doubles matches.
• Fencer Abhay Shinde was India’s only entrant to reach the men’s sabre knockout stage, falling 13-15 in the round of 64.
• India’s women’s volleyball team suffered a straight-sets loss to Poland, marking their second consecutive defeat and jeopardizing their progression hopes.
• The Indian table tennis teams will face Romania in the women’s group match and Japan in the men’s opener later in the day.