<p>India narrowly missed out on a medal in Asian Games fencing when Taniksha Khatri lost to world No 2 Man Wai Vivian Kong of Hong Kong 7-15 in individual epee quarterfinal here on Sunday.</p>.<p> Khatri, who won her three pool matches to qualify for the knockout round, had seven touches but her opponent was superior and sealed the issue to make the semifinals.</p>.<p> A quarterfinal win would have guaranteed at least a bronze medal for the Indian who out-performed her teammate Ena Arora by just four points (15-11) in the round of 32.</p>.Asian Games: Boxer Preeti storms into women's 54kg quarterfinals.<p> Khatri then prevailed over Uzbekistan's Shakhzoda Egamberdieva 15-10.</p>.<p> Earlier in the pool matches, Khatri defeated Ivy Claire Dinoy of Philippines (5-1), Zolboo Ochirkhuyag of Mongolia (5-0) and Yemen's Samah Abdullah Musleh Alshami 5-1.</p>.<p> Her only two losses were to Singapore's Elle Meihui Koh (1–5) and South Korea's Sera Song 3–5.</p>.Indian women's 10m air rifle team bags silver in Asian Games.<p> The knock-outs have three rounds of three-minute each and the fencer who completes 15 touches is adjudged the winner.</p>.<p> The pool matches on the other hand have the best of five touches.</p>.<p> Two more Indians -- Bibish Kathiresan and Dev -- were in the fray on Sunday.</p>.<p> Kathiresan lost to South Korea's Kwanghyun Lee 5-15 in the last-32, while Dev was knocked out by Chinese Taipei's Yi-Tung Chen 8–15.</p>.<p> Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Bhavani Devi, who is India's biggest medal hope in fencing, will begin her campaign on Tuesday.</p>.<p> The sabre fencer is fresh from winning a bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Wuxi, China in June. </p>
<p>India narrowly missed out on a medal in Asian Games fencing when Taniksha Khatri lost to world No 2 Man Wai Vivian Kong of Hong Kong 7-15 in individual epee quarterfinal here on Sunday.</p>.<p> Khatri, who won her three pool matches to qualify for the knockout round, had seven touches but her opponent was superior and sealed the issue to make the semifinals.</p>.<p> A quarterfinal win would have guaranteed at least a bronze medal for the Indian who out-performed her teammate Ena Arora by just four points (15-11) in the round of 32.</p>.Asian Games: Boxer Preeti storms into women's 54kg quarterfinals.<p> Khatri then prevailed over Uzbekistan's Shakhzoda Egamberdieva 15-10.</p>.<p> Earlier in the pool matches, Khatri defeated Ivy Claire Dinoy of Philippines (5-1), Zolboo Ochirkhuyag of Mongolia (5-0) and Yemen's Samah Abdullah Musleh Alshami 5-1.</p>.<p> Her only two losses were to Singapore's Elle Meihui Koh (1–5) and South Korea's Sera Song 3–5.</p>.Indian women's 10m air rifle team bags silver in Asian Games.<p> The knock-outs have three rounds of three-minute each and the fencer who completes 15 touches is adjudged the winner.</p>.<p> The pool matches on the other hand have the best of five touches.</p>.<p> Two more Indians -- Bibish Kathiresan and Dev -- were in the fray on Sunday.</p>.<p> Kathiresan lost to South Korea's Kwanghyun Lee 5-15 in the last-32, while Dev was knocked out by Chinese Taipei's Yi-Tung Chen 8–15.</p>.<p> Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Bhavani Devi, who is India's biggest medal hope in fencing, will begin her campaign on Tuesday.</p>.<p> The sabre fencer is fresh from winning a bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Wuxi, China in June. </p>