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Asian Games: India wins in men’s team bridge semifinal session 1
The Indian men's bridge has successfully clinched a win in the semifinal session one match of the men's team bridge event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday.
Hangzhou: The Indian men’s bridge has successfully clinched a win in the semifinal session one match of the men’s team bridge event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday. In the semifinal session one game, India squared off against China and comfortably defeated them by 22-66. In the other semifinal game, Hong Kong clinched a 41-27 win against Japan. In the second session of the semifinal match of the men’s team bridge event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, the Indian side played out a 22-22 tie with China.
The bridge men’s team semi-finals will be a six-round contest. Session three of the men’s team bridge semifinal will held later on Tuesday. Whereas, the fourth, five, and sixth sessions will be held on Wednesday. Earlier on Monday, in the bridge qualification round at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, India qualified second for the men’s team semi-finals with 278.93 points after 266 boards. Hong Kong China, China and Chinese Taipei claimed the other three semi-final spots.
However, the Indian women’s and mixed teams failed to make their way into the bridge semi-finals. India finished seventh with 106.83 points in the women’s bridge team event. The Indian mixed team scored 234.57 points, only 15.66 points shy of a semi-final berth, to finish fifth.
India’s Asian Games 2023 bridge squad: