Asian Games 2023, Squash: Dipika Pallikal-Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu win mixed doubles gold

Hangzhou: India made history after Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the first-ever mixed doubles gold medal in Asian Games history.

The Indian pair beat Malaysia's Aifa Azman and Mohd Syafiq Kamal 11-10, 11-10 in the final here on Thursday. The pair had just dropped two games in all their Asiad encounters.

This is Dipika's maiden Asian Games gold medal, while Sandhu won his third at the continental meet. The squash mixed doubles success took India's gold medal tally to 20 at the 19th Asian Games. (UNI)