• Bi Kun of China competes in sailing at the Aquatics Center in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
    Bi Kun of China competes in sailing at the Aquatics Center in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
  • UAE's Mohsin Mohammed competes in the Jet Ski Runabout Limited final. Beawiharta / Reuters
    UAE's Mohsin Mohammed competes in the Jet Ski Runabout Limited final. Beawiharta / Reuters
  • Action from the men's hockey Pool A match between Indonesia and South Korea. Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
    Action from the men's hockey Pool A match between Indonesia and South Korea. Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
  • Taiwan's Tang Chia-Hung competes in the floor exercise final. Peter Parks / AFP
    Taiwan's Tang Chia-Hung competes in the floor exercise final. Peter Parks / AFP
  • Gold medallists Rohan Bopanna, left, and Divij Sharan of India celebrate their men's doubles tennis win. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Gold medallists Rohan Bopanna, left, and Divij Sharan of India celebrate their men's doubles tennis win. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • Zhang Shuai of China hits a shot against Wang Qiang of China during the women's singles final. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Zhang Shuai of China hits a shot against Wang Qiang of China during the women's singles final. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • Indonesia's Agus Prayoko performs on the vault. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
    Indonesia's Agus Prayoko performs on the vault. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
  • South Korea's Jeong You-jin bites into his gold medal after winning the 10m men's shooting. Mohd Rasfan / AFP
    South Korea's Jeong You-jin bites into his gold medal after winning the 10m men's shooting. Mohd Rasfan / AFP
  • Philippines' Elreen Ann Ando takes part in the women's 63kg weightlifting. Anthony Wallace / AFP
    Philippines' Elreen Ann Ando takes part in the women's 63kg weightlifting. Anthony Wallace / AFP

India win tennis doubles gold and other Asian Games action - in pictures


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There was plenty of cracking action at the Asian Games on Friday, starting a medal rush for the UAE.

The Emirates won two golds and three silvers, with one gold coming in the jet ski category and the remaining being won by the country's famed jiu-jitsu fighters.

India won the men's doubles tennis gold after Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan beat Kazakhstan's Aleksandar Bublik and Denis Yevseyv 6-3, 6-4 in the final.

In what would have been unthinkable in India before the Asiad, there will be no kabaddi gold medals for the spiritual home of the sport.

A day after Iran stunned the seven-time champion Indian men in the semi-finals, the Iranians won the women's title with a 27-24 thriller over India on Friday. This is the first time since the sport was introduced in 1990 that India will not win a gold.

Meanwhile, South Korean shooter Jeong You-jin won gold in the men's 10m running target event. The veteran beat Pak Myong-won of North Korea 6-4 in the final.

Check out our photo gallery that has the best pictures from the action in Indonesia.

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From Amith Passela in Jakarta:

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