Archery World Cup Stage-2 report
Parth Salunkhe stunned Olympics and World championships medallists Mete Gazoz and Kim Je Deok on his way to enter the recurve men's individual semifinals at the Archery World Cup Stage-2 in Shanghai on Friday.
Deepika Kumari, who beat Olympics silver medallist Li Jiaman, reached the women's semifinals.
The results:
Individual: Recurve: Men: B.Dhiraj lost to Abdullah Yildirmis (Tur) 6-5 (shoot-off: 10-9) (first round); Atanu Das bt Christian Stoddard (USA) 7-3 (first round), bt Kwok Yin Chai (Hkg) 7-1 (second round), bt Wang Yan (Chn) 6-4 (third round), lost to Kim Woo Jin (Kor) 6-2 (quarterfinal); Parth Salunkhe bt Mete Gazoz (Tur) 6-5 (10-9) (first round), bt Aoshima Tetsuya (Jpn) 6-5 (10-8) (second round), Ryan Tyack (Aus) 6-2 (pre-quarterfinal), bt Kim Je Deok (Kor) 6-2 (quarterfinals); Tarundeep Rai lost to Tetsuya 6-5 (9*-9, closer to center) (first round).
Women: Ankita Bhakat bt Karina Kozlowska (Pol) 6-0 (first round), bt Huyen Diep Trieu (Vie) 6-0 (second round), lost to Lim Sihyeon (Kor) 7-3 (pre-quarterfinals); Deepika Kumari bt Lucia Ibanez Romero (Spn) 6-4 (first round), Diana Tursunbek (Kaz) 6-0 (second round), bt Victoria Sebastian (Fra) 6-4 (pre-quarterfinal), bt Li Jiaman (Chn) 6-2 (quarterfinal); Anshika Kumari lost to Elisa Tartler (Ger) 6-5 (10-9) (first round); Simranjeet Kaur lost to Uehara Ruka (Jpn) 7-3 (first round).
Mixed Team: Recurve: India (Deepika, Dhiraj) got a bye (first round), lost to Spain 5-1 (pre-quarterfinals); Compound: India (Madhura Dhamangaonkar, Abhishek Verma) got a bye (first round), bt Singapore (pre-quarterfinals), bt USA 160-158 (quarterfinals), lost to Grain Britain 158-156 (semifinals), to meet Malaysia in bronze medal match.
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