India at Tokyo Olympics: Archer Deepika Kumari sails into Q/Fs, to face Korean top seed An San

Xtra Time Web Desk: Ace Indian archer continued her good form as she sailed into the quarter finals of the women’s individual recurve event at Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Deepika defeated former world champion Ksenia Perova of the Russian Olympic Committee in a thrilling one-arrow shoot-off. Locked 5-5 after the regulation five-setter, the World No 1 archer delivered a perfect 10, hitting the bull’s eye, to topple Perova.

Starting off the one-arrow shoot-off, the Russian crumbled under pressure as she misfired a 7 while a composed Deepika sealed the issue 6-5 (10-7) without any fuss.

For the three-time Olympian Deepika, this was her first win from three matches against the 2017 world champion as she became the first Indian to make the last-eight in an individual event of the Olympics

In the quarterfinals, Deepika will face 20-year-old Korean top seed An San who bounced back from a set behind to oust local favourite Ren Hayakawa 6-4.

The Korean, who had broken a 25-year-old Olympic record en route to topping the ranking round, displayed incredible shooting of three 10s in her last three arrows to set up a clash against the Indian.

With Inputs from PTI

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By: XtraTime
Title: India at Tokyo Olympics: Archer Deepika Kumari sails into Q/Fs, to face Korean top seed An San
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Published Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 03:19:05 +0000

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