Updated on Saturday, July 04, 2009, 20:26 IST

Singapore, July 04: India drew a blank on the fifth day and failed to build on their medals tally in the inaugural Asian Youth Games, here today.

Indians competed in swimming, shooting and table tennis today without any addition to the 10 medals they had already won -- five gold, three silver and two bronze.

The day's best performance came from Aaron Agnel D'Souza who finished second in the first semi-final of boys 100m butterfly. D'Souza, who won gold in 200m freestyle yesterday, clocked 56.27 seconds to qualify for the final.

But his compatriots disappointed. In the boys 50m freestyle semi-final, Pulkit Kumar Garwal was seventh clocking 25.51secs while in girls semi-final, Sneha Thirugnanasambandam was fifth with 27.78.

In boy's 10m Air Pistol final, Ajitesh Kaushal finished seventh with a score of 658 (559+99). Korea's Choi Daehan won gold with 675.9 points.

In table tennis, Bhandarkar Mallika Srirang and Charvi Kawle advanced to girl's singles pre-quarter finals. Mallika beat Chinbat Saruulsaikhan of Mongolia 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 while Kawle was 11-13, 10-12, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 victorious over Jumabaeva Shadoza of Uzbekistan.

Their male counterparts though did not fare well. Arnab Adhikari lost 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11 to P Suchat of Thailand in boys' singles first round while Avik Das was beaten by Doan Ba Tuan Anh of Vietnam 7-11, 8-11, 9-11 in round of 32.

Bureau Report