Asian Games 2018, Day 4: Rahi Sarnobat shoots gold, Wushu players win 4 bronze medals

Hello and welcome to the highlights of Asian Games 2018, Day 4 action from Jakarta and Palembang.

India are at the seventh spot on the medal table (as of 8 pm IST) with four gold medals and a total of 15 medals. 

The contingent added a gold medal (Rahi Sarnobat in 25m air pistol for women), and four Wushu bronze medals on Wednesday. 

Four wushu athletes were in semi-final action a little earlier and all four of them have lost their bouts. However, they have finished with bronze medals. 

Naorem Roshibina Devi lost her women's Sanda 60kg semi-final to Cai Yingying of China.

Santosh Kumar lost the men's Sanda 56kg semi-final to Bui Truong Giang of Vietnam 2-0.

Bhanu Pratap Surya Singh lost to Iran's Ahangarian Erfan 2-0 in the Sanda 60kg semi-final.

Narender Grewal was outclassed 2-0 by Zafari Foroud in the men's Sanda 65kg semi-final.

Nonetheless, commendable effort from the Indian athletes who have won their first medals in Wushu at the Asian Games.

Artistic Gymnastics

India women's team, without Rio Olympic star Dipa Karmakar, have managed to finish seventh in the eight-team final. 

With good showings in vault and floor, the team finished with a total of 138.050 points, 24.200 points behind gold medalists China.

Dipa has missed the team final with a minor knee injury but the young gymnast is expected to be ready for the balance beam final, scheduled for August 24. 

Wrestling

Harpreet Singh was the only Indian wrestler who had reached the medal round on Day 4.

However, the 25-year-old failed to finish on the podium as he lost the men's Greco-Roman 87kg bronze medal match to Kazakhstan's Kustubayev Azamat 6-3.

Swimming

India's men's relay team finished last in the eight-team final of 4x100 freestyle event.

The team, which had Agnel Dsouza, Anshul Kothari, Sajan Prakash and Virdhawal Khade, clocked 3:25.34s, which was 12.66s slower than gold medalists Japan.

China and Singapore took home the silver and bronze, respectively.

Tennis

Prajnesh Gunneswaran booked a place in the men's singles quarter-final after beating Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam in three sets.

He is the only medal hope for India in men's singles after second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan's exit earlier in the day.

Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina stormed into the mixed doubles quarter-final after beating Chong EW and Wong CH of Hong Kong in straight sets.

Bopanna has already assured himself an Asian Games medal after progressing to the semi-final of men's doubles along with Divij Sharan.

There was bad news in the afternoon from the tennis contingent as Sumit Nagal and Ramanathan lost their men's doubles quarter-final.

Ankita and Prartana Thombarre were ousted in the women's doubles Round of 16.

Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan were tested by Chinese Taipei pairing of Chengpeng Hseih, Hua-Tusng Yang but the Indian duo held their nerves to seal a semi-final spot.

With the 6-3, 5-7, 10-1 win over the Chinese Taipei pair, Bopanna and Sharan, the top seeds, are assured of at least a bronze.

Earlier in the day, Ankita Raina stormed to the semi-final of women's singles to assure India a medal in the category for the first time since 2010.

India's Rahi Sarnobat wins 25m pistol gold after an array of misses in the final series by both the 27-year-old and her nearest-rival Naphaswan Yangpaiboon of Thailand.

Sarnobat has also become the first Indian woman to win a shooting gold at the Asian Games. 

They were tied on 34 points at the end of the final series and proceded to the shoot-off. In the final shoot-off, Sarnobat missed two but Yangpaiboon missed three and eventually the gold medal. 

Sarnobat, who won the Commonwealth Games 2014 gold medal in the women's 25m pistol event, stands on the top of the podium at the continental level. 

Update: Manu Bhaker finishes the final at the sixth spot. The 16-year-old wears a disappointed look as she walks off the range. She had set the qualification Games record in the preliminary round. 

Meanwhile, 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Rahi Sarnabot is still at the top spot.  

Rahi Sarnabot has consolidated her position on the top of the standings after four series. Manu Bhaker is still fifth. 

Rahi Sarnobat hasn't missed even one shot after two series. She is leading the eight-woman final.

On the other hand, Manu Bhaker is on the fifth spot. Nerves affecting the 16-year-old's showing? 

Elimination starts after the fourth series. 

India's Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat are set to begin their 25m pistol final shooting is underway. The former, the 16-year-old Commonwealth Games champion in 10m Air Pistol, broke the Games qualification record in the qualifying round. 

India's Hardeep loses men's 97kg Greco-Roman quarter-final to Xiao Di of China. He will now wait for the other results to know if he will be featuring in the repechages. 

Meanwhile, Naveen will not have an opportunity to contest in the repechage rounds. He had lost the pre-quarterfinals to Meng Lingzhe, who went on to lose his quarter-final bout in the men's 130kg Greco-Roman category.

Harpreet Singh's Men's Greco-Roman 87kg semi-final ends in just 38 seonds. He loses to Uzbekistan's Assakalov Rustam via technical superiority (10-0).

The Indian wrestler will now battle for bronze after the repechage rounds.

Earlier in the day, Gurpreet Singh lost his Greco-Roman 77kg quarter-final to Geraei Mohammadali of Iran 8-6 via points.

If the Iranian wrestler progresses to the final, then Gurpreet will be in medal contention via repechage rounds.

Gurpreet Singh thrashed Natal Apichai of Thailand via technical superiority (9-0) in the Men's Greco-Roman 77kg 1/8 Finals.

He moves to the quarter-final round of the competition.

India's Harpreet Singh has made it to the quarter-final of Men's Greco-Roman 87kg quarter-final after beating South Korea's Park Heaguen 4-1.

The women's 50m Rifle 3 Position is about to begin at JSC - Shooting Range and India's Anjum Moudgil is not part of it. 

The Indian shooter, who was among the top three for the most part of the qualification round, performed poorly in the standing position and finished outside the top eight. 

Kneeling: 392, Prone: 39, Standing: 373. 

Second-seeded men's singles player Ramkumar Ramanathan suffers shock defeat to Karimov Jurabek, who is ranked 294 places below the Indian at 428, in the men's singles Round of 16 match. 

Ramanathan managed to force a decider after losing the first set but ended up losing the tie 3-6, 6-4, 3-6. The 23-year-old, who has been in decent form on the tour, was expected to finish on the podium.

All hopes of a men's singles medal in tennis now rests on Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who will face Ly Hoang of Vietnam in a Round of 16 tie shortly. 

Ankita Raina has assured herself at least a bronze in the women's singles tennis event. She demolishes Chong Wong of Hong Kong in straight sets — 6-4, 6-1 — to book a place in the semi-final.

The 25-year-old from Ahmedabad becomes the first Indian since Sania Mirza in 2010 to win a women's singles medal. 

Check out her dominant quarter-final display in numbers below. 

Ankita Raina of India is serving for the match in her women's singles quarter-final against Chong Wong of Hong Kong. 

With a win here, she can assure herself of at least a bronze medal, India's first in women's singles category since Sania Mirza's win in 2010. 

Ankita started slow but came back strong in the first set to win it 6-4. She has dominated the second set, serving wonderfully well. 

Indian men's relay team of Aaron Dsouza, Anshul Kothari, Sajan Prakash and Vikram Khade qualify for the 4x100m freestyle final at the eighth spot. 

They had topped an unseeded heat with a timing of 3:25.17s, finishing above Qatar and Mongolia. It was enough for India to sneak into the final, which will be held after 5 pm IST.  

16-year-old Manu Bhaker qualifies for 25m pistol final with a qualification Games record of 593. She had shot 297 in the precision round and 296 in rapid. 

The Commonwealth Games 10m Air Pistol gold medalist is looking set to win a medal in the 25m pistol event. 

Meanwhile, Rahi Sarnobat also qualifies for the final in the seventh spot. 

Women's 25m pistol rapid round: 9:30 am

Manu Bhaker, Jeevan Sarnobat

Tennis

Men's singles R16: From 8:30 am IST

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Prajnesh Gunneswaran

Women's singles: QF From 8:30 am IST

Ankita Raina

Women's doubles R16: From 8:30 am IST

Ankita Raina/Prarthna Thombare

Men's doubles QF: From 10:30 am IST

Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan

Ramkumar Ramanathan/Sumit Nagal

Mixed doubles R16: From 1:30 pm IST

Rohan Bopanna vs Ankita Raina

Bridge: From 8:30 am

Men's team qualification

Mixed team round robin

Supermixed team qualification

Wrestling action from 11:30 am IST (Final rounds later in the day)

Men's Greco Roman 77kg R16: Gurpreet Singh

Men's Greco Roman 87kg R16: Harpreet Singh

Men's Greco Roman 130kg R16: Naveen

Wushu semi-final rounds: From 5:30 pm IST

Women's Sanda 60kg: Roshibina Devi

Men's Sanda 56kg: Santosh Kumar

Men's Sanda 60kg: Surya Bhanu Pratap Singhh

Men's Sanda 65kg: Narender Grewal

Swimming

Men's freestyle relay 4x100: From 8:45 am IST

Men's 100m breaststroke final: 4:50 pm IST

Men's Freestyle 4x100 Relay final: 5 pm

Manu Bhaker is leading the pack at the end of the precision round of 25m Pistol shooting qualifying round. 

With 297 points in three sereis — 99, 98, 100 — the 16-year-old is at the top spot. Meanwhile, Jeevan Sarnobat is on the seventh spot with 288 points.

The rapid round of qualification will start from 10am IST. 

Indians fail to make the final cut in men's 100m butterfly.

Sajan Prakash topped his heat but finished 12th overall with a timing of 54.06s while Avinash Mani finished 26th with a timing of 56.98s

Anjum Moudgil is in action in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions qualifications. At the end of the kneeling round, the 24-year-old rifle shooter is at the third spot with 392 points.

Manu Bhaker, India's 10m Air Pistol shooting sensation, has begun her campaign in the 25m Pistol category well.

She is leading the pack in the precision round of qualification with 197 points after two series. Jeevan Sarnobat of India is in the 11th spot with 192 points.

The shooters will progress to the rapid round after the completion of the precision round. The top eight then will qualify for the final, which will be held during the afternoon session.