Asian Games 2018 Day 2: As it happened

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The second day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 20, Monday. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat won Gold in Women's Freestyle 50 kg Wrestling. She bagged India's second gold medal at the Games, beating Japan's Yuki Irie 6-2.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2014 defending champion,  bagged India’s first gold medal in the 65 kg Men’s Freestyle event on Day 1 (Sunday).  He beat Japan’s Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final round. Earlier, shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar opened the account for India by clinching the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event. They had scored 429.9 to finish third in the final. 

In the 2014 Asian Games, India had concluded the previous edition at the eight rank with a tally of 57 medals (11 Gold, 9 Silver, 37 Bronze). China had topped the medals table with a staggering tally of 345 medals (151 gold, 109 silver, 85 Bronze), followed by South Korea with 228 medals (79 gold, 70 silver, 79 bronze) and Japan at third with 200 medals (47 gold, 77 silver, 76 bronze). 

The month-long multi-sport event is being co-hosted by Indonesian cities Jakarta and Palembang. 

Follow the live updates from Day 2: 

20 August 2018

19:21 IST

India beat Indonesia 17-0 in Men's Hockey, to take on Hong Kong next on Wednesday.

19:19 IST

In an embarrassment to India, wrestler Sakshi Malik loses the Bronze Medal to North Korea's Jong Sim Rim 2-12 in Women's Wrestling (62 kg).

19:11 IST

India's Sakshi Malik is in action for the Bronze medal in the 62 kg category against Jong Sim Rim of North Korea.

17:54 IST

Vinesh Phogat wins Gold in Women's Freestyle 50 kg Wrestling. She bags India's second gold medal at Asian Games 2018.

16:53 IST

Badminton, Men's Team Quarterfinal: India Men's Badminton team are knocked out 1-3 by Indonesia in the quarters.

16:44 IST

Tennis, Men's Singles (Round of 32): Prajnesh Gunneswaran beats Indonesia's Fitriadi Rifqi 6-2, 6-0 and advances to the pre-quarters. 

16:04 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Korea: India suffer a shock defeat as they go down 23-24 to Korea in their third group A match. This is India's first-ever loss in the Asian Games history. 

15:16 IST

Shooting, Trap (Men) FINAL: Lakshay wins the silver medal in Men's Trap event with 43 points. This is India’s 2nd silver and 4th medal overall. 

14:30 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg Semifinals: Sakshi Malik goes down 7-9 to Kyrgyzstan’s Tynybekova Aisuluu in the semis. 

14:29 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg Semifinals: Vinesh Phogat goes through to the Final after a massive 10-0 victory over Uzbekistan’s Yakhshimuratova Dauletbike in the semis.

13:59 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg Semifinals: Pooja Dhanda loses 0-10 to People's Republic of Korea’s Myong Suk Jong in the semis. 

13:44 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 62 kg Quarterfinals: Sakshi Malik dominates Kazakhstan’s Kassymova Ayaulym 10-0 to enter the semifinal round.

13:39 IST

Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth loses 21-23, 22-20, 21- 10 against Ginting Sinisuka (Singles). India 0-1 Indonesia!  

13:30 IST

Tennis, Women's Singles (Round of 32): Kamran Kaur beats Mongolia’s Altansarnai Jargal in 6-1, 6-0 and advances to the pre-quarters. 

13:22 IST

Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth fights back to win the second set 22-20 against Ginting Sinisuka (Singles). Kidambi Srikanth 1-1 Ginting Sinisuka!

13:20 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg Quarterfinals: Pooja Dhanda overpowers Uzbekistan’s Esenbaeva Nabira 12-1 and is through to the semifinal. 

13:14 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg Quarterfinals: Vinesh Phogat stuns Korea’s Kim Hyung 11-0 and advances to the semifinals. 

13:06 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 62 kg: Sakshi Malik hammers Thailand’s Srisombat Salinee 10-0 in the 1/8 Finals. 

12:55 IST

Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth loses the first set 21-23 to Ginting Sinisuka (Singles). Kidambi Srikanth 0-1 Ginting Sinisuka!

12:45 IST

Badminton, Men’s Team Quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia, Kidambi Srikanth takes on World No.12 Ginting Sinisuka (Singles)

12:31 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg: Pooja Dhanda outwits Thailand’s Orasa Sookdongyor 10-0 to win on Technical superiority in the 1/8 Finals. 

12:27 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 53 kg: Indian wrestler Pinki goes down 0-10 to Mongolia’s Sumiya Erdenechimeg on Technical superiority in the 1/8 Finals!

12:08 IST

Shooting, Trap Women: Seema Tomar finishes 6th in the qualification (Day 2) with 116 points and is qualified for the Final. 

12:02 IST

 Wrestling, Men’s Freestyle 125 kg: Sumit Malik loses 0-10 to Iran’s Hadibasmanj Parviz in the 1/8 Finals. 

11:46 IST

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg: Vinesh Phogat routs China's Yahan Sun 8-2 in the 1/8 Finals. 

11:23 IST

Shooting, 10m Air Rifle (Men): Apurvi Chandela bows out of contention and finishes 5th in the final with a score of 186.

11:12 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India Women's Badminton team are knocked out after losing 1-3 to Japan in quarters. 

10:53 IST

Shooting, 10m Air Rifle (Women): Apurvi Chandela storms into the 10m Air Rifle Final. She scores 629.4 points to finish 2nd in the qualifiers.

10:50 IST

Tennis, Women's Singles (Round of 32): Ankita Raina beats Indonesia's Beatrice Gumulya 6-2, 6-4 and qualifies for pre-quarters. 

10:44 IST

Swimming, Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Heat): India clock 7:34:69 in the heats and qualify for the Final round. 

10:35 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, Saina Nehwal loses the 11-21, 25-23, 16-21 to Nozomi Okuhara in the third match. Japan lead India 2-1!

10:01 IST

Kabaddi (Women) India vs Thailand: Defending champions India beat Thailand 33-23 in their group A match. 

09:57 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, fired-up Saina Nehwal came back to edge past Nozomi Okuhara 25-23 in the second set. Saina Nehwal  1-1 Nozomi Okuhara!

09:37 IST

Shooting,  10m Air Rifle (Men): Deepak Kumar wins silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle. This is India's first silver medal and third overall in the Games. 

09:29 IST

Silver Medal!! Deepak Kumar scored a 247.7 in the 10m Air Rifle Men's final to clinch India's first silver.

09:28 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, Saina Nehwal loses the first set 11-21 to Nozomi Okuhara in the third (singles) match. 

09:03 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan (Doubles), India's Arathi Sunil/Nelakurthi Reddy go down 15-21, 6-21 to Japan's 15-21, 6-21. 

# India 1-1 Japan!

08:51 IST

Rowing, Men's Lightweight Single Sculls (Heats): India's Dushyant clocks 7:43.08 in the Heats and storms into the Final round. 

08:47 IST

Tennis, Women's Singles (Round of 32): Ankita Raina takes on Indonesia's Beatrice Gumulya. 

08:36 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan (Doubles), Japan's Fukushima. S/ Hirota. S lead India's Arathi Sunil/Nelakurthi Reddy 11-6 at the break. 

08:24 IST

Shooting,  10m Air Rifle (Men): Ravi Kumar (626.7) and Deepak Kumar (626.3) qualify for the final round! Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar had finished on the 4th and 5th place respectively. 

08:16 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu outclasses World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi in straight games  21-18, 21-19. India off to a great start! 

India 1-0 Japan. 

08:12 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan. PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi 19-19. 

08:01 IST

Swimming, Men's 50m Backstroke (Heat 1)- Great start for India! Srihari Nataraj clocks 26.19 to finish 1st in the Heats. Arvind Mani takes the 2nd spot with a time of 26.58. 

07:49 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu smashes beautifully to win the first game. Sindhu gets the better of dangerous Akane Yamaguchi 21-18 in the first set.

# PV Sindhu 1-0 Akane Yamaguchi!

07:43 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu leads Akane Yamaguchi 11-10 at the break. 

07:35 IST

Badminton, Women's Team Quarterfinals: India vs Japan, PV Sindhu takes on World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi. 

07:06 IST

India's schedule for the day:

7.30 AM - Badminton: Women's team quarterfinals, India vs Japan 

7.30 AM - Rowing (Heats): Dushyant 

7.30 AM - Sepaktakraw:  Men's Team Regu Preliminary Group B, India vs Iran 

7.30 AM - Shooting (Medal event): Trap  Qualification (Men) - Day 2
Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Lakshay 

7.30AM - Swimming (Medal Event), Men's 800m Freestyle: Advait Page - Heat 1

7.30 AM - Wushu, Men's Sanda - 56 kg Round of 16: Santosh Kumar vs Wazea Zaid Ali (Yemen) 

8.30 AM - Women's Basketball 5x5 Preliminary: Group A - Game 7, Unified Korea vs India

8.30 AM - Rowing (Heats), Men's Quadruple Sculls India 

8.30 AM - Taekwondo, Women 53kg Round of 16: Latika Bhandari vs To-Be-Announced 

8.30 AM - Tennis, Men's Singles Round of 32: - Prabhakharan Gunneswaran Prajnesh vs Fitriadi M Rfiqi (Indonesia)

8.30 AM - Tennis, Men's Doubles Round of 32: RM Bopanna, Sharan D vs (Indonesia) Susanto Da, Susanto IA

- Sumit Nagal, Ramanathan R vs (Nepal)  Bajracharya SB, Bastola A

8.30 AM - Women's Singles Round of 32: - Gumulya Beatrice (Indonesia) vs Raina Ankita 

- Thandi Kamran Kaur vs Altansarnai Jargal (Mongolia)

8.50 AM - Rowing (Heats), Women's Four Heats 

9.30 AM - Handball (Men), Main Round: Group 3 - Match 2, India vs Malaysia 
Mixed Singles Round of 32 

10.30 AM - Sepaktakraw, Women's Team Regu Preliminary Group A: India vs Laos

10.30 AM - Tennis, Women's Doubles Round of 32: Raina AR, PG Thombare vs Khan SM, Suhail U (Pakistan) 

12.30 PM - Badminton, Men's team quarterfinals: India vs Indonesia

2.00 PM - Volleyball, Men's tournament Preliminary: Pool F match 1, India vs Hong Kong China 

2.30 PM - Kabaddi, Men's Team Group A - Game 5: India vs Korea 

6.30 PM - Hockey, Men's tournament Pool A: India vs Indonesia