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Yashaswini and Harmeet secure historic mixed doubles table tennis medal for India
The Indian Express2h
THE BRIEF
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India's mixed doubles pair Yashaswini Ghorpade and Harmeet Desai assured themselves of at least a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships by defeating South Korea's Ganghyeon Park and Daeun Lee.
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The Indian duo won the tense five-setter 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 in 42 minutes, ending India's 72-year mixed doubles medal wait at the continental event since 1954.
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Yashaswini and Harmeet advanced to the semifinals to face Japan's world No. 9 pairing Miwa Harimoto and Sora Matsushima.