Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 30 -- The Indian women's compound archery team sealed a gold medal match against China at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday, beating South Korea in a tense semifinal.

India beat South Korea by 235-233, by the barest of margins. With South Korea piling up pressure in the second half of the match and levelling the scores at 175-all, the Indians first took a one-point lead, and then two 10s from Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep and a nine from Jyothi Surekha Vennam helped India seal a two-point win.

Prithika and Jyothi were the stars for India, shooting six tens out of eight attempts, with Chikitha getting five 10s in eight attempts.

The Indian trio of Jyothi, Chikitha and Prithika started of...