<p>Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni settled for the men's doubles silver medal at the Asian Games after being edged by Hsu Yu-Hsiou and Jason Jung from Chinese Taipei in straight sets in the final, here on Friday.</p>.<p>The Taipei team was unseeded but both Hsu (182) and Jung (231) were better-ranked singles players and it showed in their ground strokes and the way they went about their business in a 6-4 6-4 victory against the second-seeded Indians in the title clash.</p>.<p>Hsu was solid from the baseline with his strong serve while Jung complimented him with his lightning fast hands at the net.</p>.<p>It is Ramkumar's first Asian Games medal and third for Myneni, who had won a men's doubles silver with Sanam Singh and a gold with Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles in the 2014 Incheon edition.</p>.India bags fifth gold in shooting at Asian Games, women's team strikes silver.<p>This is also the first tennis medal from this edition. In Indonesia in 2018, India had won three medals but they will return with only two from Hangzhou.</p>.<p>Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale are assured of a medal after reaching the mixed doubles semifinals while the country's players have been ousted from other events.</p>.<p>"It is my first Asian Games medal, I always wanted to win a medal for India. It was one of my goals and that too coming with Saki (Saketh), very happy about it", Ramanathan said.</p>.<p>"We tried our best every match, every single point and extremely happy that we could finish with a silver".</p>.<p>"Asian Games is huge and obviously, it's a huge thing to win a medal. But every tournament for us is as huge as the Asian Games. This is a profession, we do this for a living, and we enjoy what we do. Hopefully, we can get more medals for the country next time".</p><p>In the men's doubles final, no team lost a point in the first three games. It was only when Jung double-faulted in the fourth game that a team scored a point on the rival''s serve.</p>.<p>It was 2-2 with all four players holding their serves as some high-quality serving was on display.</p>.<p>Ramkumar's serve was under pressure when Hsu found a stunning forehand winner to go up 30-0. It was 30-all when Jung hit a service return winner to earn the first breakpoint of the match.</p>.<p>The Taipei team got the break with Jung finding a volley winner. Hsu consolidated the break for a 4-2 lead as he hit deep returns from the baseline and the Indians committed a few unforced errors.</p>.<p>Jung struggled a bit with his first serve but his partner was terrific at the net.</p>.<p>Coming out to serve for staying in the set, Ramkumar began with a double fault but made up for that with a couple of aces.</p>.<p>The Taipiei team closed the set in their favour with Hsu maintaining his serving rhythm.</p>.<p>In the second set too, it was Ramkumar's serve that came under pressure. At 15-30 in the third game, he served a double fault to hand the Taipei team two break chances but saved both to hold.</p>.<p>Ramkumar''s forehand return sailed over the baseline when Myneni served at 15-all in the ninth game and the following forehand service return winner from Hsu gave the Taipei players two break chances.</p>.<p>They saved the first but Jung smashed a backhand volley winner on a feeble Myenei return to grab the chance.</p>.<p>Ramkumar's wide forehand gave three match points to the Taipei team which triumphed when Myneni's backhand flew over the baseline.</p>.India bags fifth gold in shooting at Asian Games, women's team strikes silver.<p>"Unfortunately we came one short but very happy with whatever we played this week. I think we played some good tennis, and credit to Chinese Taipei today in the final. So very happy with the contribution with the medal to the Indian contingent", Myneni said.</p>.<p>"It's a privilege to play for a country and wear the tri-colour and compete. I think very few times we do that in a year. So it's a great competition, a great event. So glad we could make a contribution".</p>
<p>Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni settled for the men's doubles silver medal at the Asian Games after being edged by Hsu Yu-Hsiou and Jason Jung from Chinese Taipei in straight sets in the final, here on Friday.</p>.<p>The Taipei team was unseeded but both Hsu (182) and Jung (231) were better-ranked singles players and it showed in their ground strokes and the way they went about their business in a 6-4 6-4 victory against the second-seeded Indians in the title clash.</p>.<p>Hsu was solid from the baseline with his strong serve while Jung complimented him with his lightning fast hands at the net.</p>.<p>It is Ramkumar's first Asian Games medal and third for Myneni, who had won a men's doubles silver with Sanam Singh and a gold with Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles in the 2014 Incheon edition.</p>.India bags fifth gold in shooting at Asian Games, women's team strikes silver.<p>This is also the first tennis medal from this edition. In Indonesia in 2018, India had won three medals but they will return with only two from Hangzhou.</p>.<p>Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale are assured of a medal after reaching the mixed doubles semifinals while the country's players have been ousted from other events.</p>.<p>"It is my first Asian Games medal, I always wanted to win a medal for India. It was one of my goals and that too coming with Saki (Saketh), very happy about it", Ramanathan said.</p>.<p>"We tried our best every match, every single point and extremely happy that we could finish with a silver".</p>.<p>"Asian Games is huge and obviously, it's a huge thing to win a medal. But every tournament for us is as huge as the Asian Games. This is a profession, we do this for a living, and we enjoy what we do. Hopefully, we can get more medals for the country next time".</p><p>In the men's doubles final, no team lost a point in the first three games. It was only when Jung double-faulted in the fourth game that a team scored a point on the rival''s serve.</p>.<p>It was 2-2 with all four players holding their serves as some high-quality serving was on display.</p>.<p>Ramkumar's serve was under pressure when Hsu found a stunning forehand winner to go up 30-0. It was 30-all when Jung hit a service return winner to earn the first breakpoint of the match.</p>.<p>The Taipei team got the break with Jung finding a volley winner. Hsu consolidated the break for a 4-2 lead as he hit deep returns from the baseline and the Indians committed a few unforced errors.</p>.<p>Jung struggled a bit with his first serve but his partner was terrific at the net.</p>.<p>Coming out to serve for staying in the set, Ramkumar began with a double fault but made up for that with a couple of aces.</p>.<p>The Taipiei team closed the set in their favour with Hsu maintaining his serving rhythm.</p>.<p>In the second set too, it was Ramkumar's serve that came under pressure. At 15-30 in the third game, he served a double fault to hand the Taipei team two break chances but saved both to hold.</p>.<p>Ramkumar''s forehand return sailed over the baseline when Myneni served at 15-all in the ninth game and the following forehand service return winner from Hsu gave the Taipei players two break chances.</p>.<p>They saved the first but Jung smashed a backhand volley winner on a feeble Myenei return to grab the chance.</p>.<p>Ramkumar's wide forehand gave three match points to the Taipei team which triumphed when Myneni's backhand flew over the baseline.</p>.India bags fifth gold in shooting at Asian Games, women's team strikes silver.<p>"Unfortunately we came one short but very happy with whatever we played this week. I think we played some good tennis, and credit to Chinese Taipei today in the final. So very happy with the contribution with the medal to the Indian contingent", Myneni said.</p>.<p>"It's a privilege to play for a country and wear the tri-colour and compete. I think very few times we do that in a year. So it's a great competition, a great event. So glad we could make a contribution".</p>