India, Sept. 25 -- India's Diya Chitale and Manush Shah will take on China's star pairing of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the Asian Games 2026 mixed doubles semifinal on Friday, September 25. The match is scheduled for 3:00 PM IST in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with a place in the gold-medal match at stake. Chitale and Shah have already secured at least a bronze after defeating Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem 3-1 in the quarterfinals. They are now aiming to go one step further and reach the final, which would be a first for an Indian mixed doubles pair at the Asian Games.

The Indian duo enter the semifinal with confidence after strong recent results, including WTT Contender titles in Tunis, Lagos and Oman. However, they face the wo...