Dola reaches quarters after false start

Rimil Biruily and L Bombayla Devi too advance to the quarterfinals. While Rimil upset World No.2 Deepika Kumari 6-2 in the Round of 32,Bombayla defeated USA8217;s Heather Koehl 6-4.

In the men8217;s recurve category,Atanu Das and Rahul Banerjee still remain in fray while Jayanta Talukdar and Rajib Basumantary failed to advance. Das beat Italy8217;s Massimiliano Mandia 6-2 to make the cut for the quarters,on the other hand Banerjee blanked American Richard Johnson 6-0.

Chauhan8217;s big leap

Meanwhile,in the qualification rounds of compound discipline,Rajat Chauhan stood third with a total of 701 points in the 72-arrow format,a place ahead of the top-ranked Korean Min Lihong. Among other Indians in the fray,M Gandhi Singh687 pts was placed at 33,K Ratan Singh with 681 points was 47th and L Haridas was 64th after aggregating 669 points. In the team qualification,Indians were placed at eighth. In the women8217;s category,Manjudha Soy was the highest place Indian at 11 after totalling 684 points.