Indian women exit in quarters, men last-16 in fencing teams

A spirited Indian women’s fencing team bowed out in the quarterfinals in epee section, while the men went down tamely in the last-16 stage of the foil event at the Asian Games here on Wednesday. The women’s team of Taniksha Khatri, Jyotika Dutta, Ena Erora lost 25-45 against Korea to end their campaign.
India were trailing by three touches after second round, but the Koreans went on to stretch their lead before sealing the issue by a 20-point margin. Earlier, the the Indian women’s team beat Jordan 45-36 in the quarterfinals.
The Indian fencers were eliminated in the last-16 round of men’s team foil event, going down to Singapore 30-45 in a lop-sided contest. India managed to win just one match in the last round when Bibish Kathiresan narrowly beat Kieren Lock 6-5.