November 20, 2010 7:22 PM

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Asian Games: India added three more medals today

In the 16th Asian Games, India added three more medals to their kitty on the eighth day of competitions today. In Golf, the quartet of Rashid Khan, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Abhinav Lohan and Rahul Bajaj won a silver with a combine four-day score of 10-over 874. In men's snooker singles, Aditya Mehta had to settle for a bronze after losing to Chun Marco Fu Ka of Hong Kong 1-4 in the semifinals. Saurav Goshal added another medal by winning a bronze in the Men's Singles Squash. With the addition of three more medals today, India's medal tally climbed to two gold, nine silver and 12 bronze. In men's hockey, India defeated arch rivals Pakistan 3-2 to cruise into the semi-finals. In Women's Hockey league, India beat Kazakhstan 6-0. Tennis assured two more medals with Sania Mirza scoringan upset 6-2, 6-3 win over second seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand to enter the semifinals, while the duo of Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh also made it to the last four stage in men's doubles. The duo beat the Chinese pair of Yan Bai and Zhang Ze 6-2, 6-4 in men's doubles quarter-finals. Somdev and Karan Rastogi also inched towards the medal round in the men's singles event by progressing to the quarter-finals.

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