Table tennis players Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra entered the round of 16 stage in mixed doubles event of 19th Asian Games, following a 3-1 win against Thailand's Napat Thanmathikom and Suthasini Sawettabut. The Indian duo suffered a 10-12 defeat in the first game. This was followed by comeback in remaining three games, recording a 11-8, 11-3 and 11-8 triumph.