Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 22 -- India suffered a 0-3 defeat to South Korea in the men's team table tennis Round of 16 at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday, bringing their campaign in the continental event to an end.

India went 0-2 down after Harmeet Desai and Manush Shah suffered defeats in their respective singles matches. Harmeet went down to Jang Woojin in four games, losing 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 9-11. Manush then fought hard against world-ranked 23 Oh Junsung but eventually lost 2-3 in a closely contested encounter.

Manush took a 2-1 lead after winning the third game 13-11 and also moved ahead 4-1 in the deciding game. However, Oh Junsung fought back to win the decider and sealed the match 11-13, 6-11 after Manush had won the opening games 4-11...