Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 23 -- Indian table tennis pairs Manush Shah-Diya Chitale and Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade registered wins in their respective mixed doubles Round 2 matches at the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday.

Manush and Diya defeated Sri Lanka's Chanul Kulappuwawadu and Bimandee Swarna 3-0, winning 11-8, 12-10, 11-4. Harmeet and Yashaswini also advanced after beating the Maldives' Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali in their Round 2 encounter, according to ESPN.

In canoe sprint, India's Parvathy Geetha and Phairembam Soniya Devi qualified for the women's kayak double 500m semifinals after finishing last in Heat A with a time of 2:02.538, 14.820 seconds behind the leaders. The top three boats advanced directly to Final A.

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