Guangzhou: After initial sparks, India endured a dismal day in taekwondo competitions at the Asian Games with as many as four players - two men and as many women -- crashing out in the quarterfinals of their respective weight categories, here on Thursday.
While Latika Bhandari and Y Shantibala Devi bowed out in the quarterfinals of women's 53kg and 57kg respectively, P Anand and Sandeep Kundu too were shown the door in the last eight stage of the men's 80kg and 87kg.
Both Latika and Shantibala were no match for their respective rivals as they went down tamely 0-6 and 0-13 to Sarita Phongsri of Thailand and Yuzhuo Hou of China.
The Indian men were no different as P Anand lost 3-5 to Nabil Hassan of Jordan while Sundeep Kundu was spanked 4-18 by Uzbek fighter Akmal Irgashev.
Earlier in the day, Latika battled past Puthearim Chhoeung of Cambodia 11-10 in her second round bout while Shantibala thrashed Kezang Lhamo of Bhutan 7-0.
In the men's section, Anand had defeated Eisa Alshammeri of Kuwait to progress to the quarters, while Sundeep got a bye in the first round bout of his weight category.
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