Justin, Jun Hao reach Asian Games third round
KUALA LUMPUR: Men's singles shuttlers Justin Hoh and Leong Jun Hao cruised to the third round at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday.
Malaysia's Justin Hoh and Leong Jun Hao have advanced to the third round of the men's singles badminton event at the Asian Games. Justin defeated Bangladesh's Gourab Singha 21-8, 21-7 and will face Singapore's Loh Kean Yew. Jun Hao beat Mongolia's Batdavaa Munkhbat 21-11, 21-14 and will play either Japan's Kenta Nishimoto or Indonesia's Alwi Farhan.
In the women's singles, Malaysia's Wong Ling Ching lost to India's Unnati Hooda 21-14, 20-22, 21-19.
India's women's kabaddi team won the gold medal, beating Iran 37-34 in the final. This was India's third gold medal of the Games, following the women's cricket team and the shooting pair of Suruchi Singh Phogat and Kamaljeet in the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event.
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