India, Sept. 28 -- India's Esha Singh battled through five shoot-offs to clinch the silver medal in the women's 25m pistol individual event at the Asian Games here on Monday, missing out on gold by just one shot.

The 21-year-old Hyderabad shooter, the reigning world number one, secured three shoot-off wins to move into medal contention before facing two more against China's Xiao Jiaruixuan in the gold-medal clash.

Esha and Xiao were tied at 38 points at the end of regulation. But Esha faltered on the final shot of the shoot-off, handing the Chinese shooter the gold.

"Yes, I was under pressure and this is the longest match of my career so far. My arms were aching at the end of it," Esha said.

North Korea's Kim Hyon Suk won the bronze a...