India reached the quarterfinals of all six team events in archery – Dainik Savera Times

Hangzhou: Indian archers performed brilliantly and entered the quarter-finals in all team events at the Asian Games on Monday. India played five team elimination rounds and lost only one set. Whereas the women’s compound team got a bye till the quarter-finals due to being on top in the qualification. Fifth seeds Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat defeated Malaysia’s Syakira Binti M and Muhammad Zarif Syahir Bin Jokepeli 39. 38, 37. 36, 39. Defeated by 33.

The Malaysian pair scored three 10s in the first set to take the lead 2. Had taken a lead of 0. But India’s experienced pair bounced back by scoring two 10s. The Malaysian team lost the second set by a margin of one point. In the third set, Das and Ankita performed brilliantly and scored three perfect 10s and made it to the quarter-finals where they will face fourth seeded Indonesia. If they defeat Indonesia, they could face top-ranked South Korea.

There are six quota places available at the Asian Games which will go to the recurve mixed team winner and the top two archers in the individual category. In the compound mixed category, top seeds Ojas Deotale and Jyoti Surekha Vennam lost just one point and were defeated by UAE’s Mohammed Binamro and Aamna Alawadhi at 159. Beat by 151. Now they will face Malaysia. In the compound team category, second seeds Ojas, Abhishek Verma and Prathamesh Javakar defeated 15th seeds Singapore (Woon Teng Eng, Lee Chung Hee Allen and Jun Hui Goh) with a score of 235. Defeated by 219.

Now they will face the lower ranked Bhutan team. The top seeded women’s compound team (Jyoti, Aditi Swamy and Preneet Kaur) will play ninth seeded Hong Kong, who defeated Bangladesh by 225, in the quarter-finals. Defeated by 218. The men’s recurve team of Das, Dheeraj and Tushar Shelke defeated Hong Kong’s Kwok Yin Chai, Law Kwun Pok Lucien and Chun Kit by 58. 47, 57. 49, 57. Defeated by 55.

Now they will face Mongolia. Women’s recurve team defeated 12th seed Thailand. The fifth seeded women’s team consisted of Ankita, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur who scored 49. 47, 54. 54, 55. Won by 54. Now they will face Japan.