India’s top hopes in the men’s and women’s compound and recurve also reached the quarterfinals stage with Bhajan Kaur losing to South Korea’s An San 7-3 in a pre-quarterfinal clash.
In Recurve Women’s 1/16 Elimination Round, Indonesia;’s Rezza Octavia defeated India’s Ankita Bhakar 6-5 in a well-fought encounter.
Overall, the men’s and women recurve and compound archery teams advanced to the next stage.
In mem’s recurve Team 1/8 Elimination round, India defeated Hong Kong 6-0 with Aytanu DAs, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke impressive in defeating the Hong Kong team 6-0.
In compound Men’s Team 1/8 Elimination, the Indian team of Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma and Oratamesh Jawkar defeated Singapore 235-219.
In recurve women’s team elimination, the Indian team of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur defeated Thailand 5-1.
In the recurve mixed team event, India defeated Malaysia 6-2 in a 1/8 Elimination match while in Compound Mixed Team, India defeated UAE 159-151.
–IANS
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