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The Indian women's team though are yet to make the cut for next year's Olympics.

In the semi-final, Deepika eased past China's Zheng Yichai 6-0. Earlier, Deepika showed her grit in the quarterfinal against Italy's Tatiana Andreoli as she bounced back from a 0-4 deficit to win 6-5 in the tie-breaker.

Earlier, Deepika defeated Lee Shuk Kwan of Hong Kong (6-0) in the first round, before getting past Anastasia Pavlova (6-4) of Ukraine and Sonoda Waka of Japan (6-0).

Laishram Bombayala Devi, meanwhile, lost in the second round to Malayasia's Nur Aliya Ghapar 5-6.

The third Indian, Komalika Bari, lost to Inna Stepanova 4-6 in the first round.

In the men's category, Atanu Das made a second round exit, losing to Bae Jaehyeon of Korea 4-6 while Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav lost in their respective first round matches.

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