Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final, beating 2006 champion Ong Beng Hee while Dipika Pallikal secured the country its maiden women’s singles medal, a bronze, after losing the semifinal to world number one Nicol David. Ghosal outplayed the Malaysian 11-9 11-4 11-5. Ghosal will meet Abdullah Al Muzayen in the gold medal contest tomorrow.

Bronze for Pallikal

Earlier, World No.12 Pallikal could not better the colour of her assured bronze, losing to David in the women’s singles semifinals. The 23-year-old Indian was outplayed 4-11 4-11 5-11 by David.