Busan: The Indian challenge in individual table tennis (TT) event ended with paddler Soumyadeep Roy crashing out in the second round in the Asian Games on Tuesday.

The other Indian in the fray Subhajeet Saha lost his first round match against Chinese Taipei's Peng Lung Chang earlier in the day. On a disappointing day for the Indians, the team sorely missed the services of veteran Chetan Baboor who skipped the Games to appear for his MBA exams in USA.

Following Baboor's withdrawal, India decided against competing in the team event and sent only a two-member team to the Games for individual events. Roy failed to post a serious challenge against his Korean opponent Tack Soo Kim and tamely conceded the first three games without offering much fight.

Despite lifting his performance a bit to take the fourth game, Roy failed to keep the momentum going losing the match 4-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 4-11. Earlier, after an intense fight he had prevailed over Mangolian Sukhee Galbadrakh 11-8, 2-11, 11-7, 13- 15, 11-3, 11-9 to move into the second round of the competition.

Saha lost in straight games 5-11, 7-11, 10-12, 3-11 to Chang. In doubles, the Indians fared no better with Roy and Saha losing to Chinese Taipei's Peng Lang Chang and Yen S Chang 12-10, 11-4, 11-9 in a second round match.

Earlier, the Indian pair had defeated Mangolia's Galbadrakh and Enkhabat Lkhagvasuren 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 in a first round match.

PTI