Jakarta Aug 29 (IANS) The Indian mixed doubles tennis pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra entered the semi-finals assuring themselves of a historic medal at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday.
Sharath-Manika defeated the North Korean pair of An Ji Song and Cha Hyo Sim 3-2 (4-11 12-10 6-11 11-6 11-8) in 38 minutes in the quater-finals.
Later in the day Sharath and Manika will meet Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha for a place in the final.
With the losing pairs in the semi-finals set to get a bronze Sharath and Manika will bring India s first doubles medal at Asiad in the sport.
Another Indian pair Anthony Amalraj and Madhurika Patkar lost 1-3 (11-6 7-11 5-11 4-11) to Hong Kong s Ho Kwan Kit and Lee Ho Ching in the pre-quarter-finals.

--IANS pur/sed