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Asian Games: Indian Men’s and Mixed Bridge Teams Settle for Bronze

Indian men’s and mixed bridge teams lost their respective semi-final matches in Jakarta on Sunday.

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India settled for two bronze medals in bridge at the Asian Games after the men and mixed teams lost their semi-final matches in Jakarta on Sunday.

The men's team lost to Singapore while the mixed team suffered defeat at the hands of Thailand. There is no bronze medal play-off in bridge sport at the Games.

After the qualification rounds, the men's bridge team was placed fourth while the mixed team took the top spot.

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The super mixed team, however, had failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

The six-member men's team comprised of Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tewari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani, Debabrata Majumder and Sumit Mukherjee.

The mixed team comprised of Kiran Nadar, Hema Deora, Himani Khandelwal, Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Gopinath Manna and Rajeev Khandelwal.

The men's team has an average age of 52 while the mixed team has 57.

The sport of bridge has been introduced for the first time at the Asian Games.

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