Indian boxer Mary Kom was eliminated after she lost her bout to Ingrit Valencia via split decision in women's Fly (48-51kg) Round of 16. India's badminton star PV Sindhu defeated Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 2-0 in the Round of 16 and booked a place in the quarterfinals of women's singles event while in boxing, India's Satish Kumar won his bout against Ricardo Brown of Jamaica 4:1 in the Round of 16 of men's Super Heavy (+91kg) category to seal a quarterfinal berth. Indian men's hockey team also qualified for the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win against defending champions Argentina in a men's Pool A fixture. India's archer Atanu Das won 6-5 against Oh Jin Hyek of South Korea in a thriller of the men's individual 1/16 Eliminations. In shooting, India's Manu Bhaker was in 5th place while Rahi Sarnobat came 25th after women's 25m Pistol (Precision) qualification round. The women's 25m Pistol (Rapid) qualification round will take place tomorrow with top 8 shooters qualifying in Precision and Rapid final combined.
In rowing, India's pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished 5th in the Lightweight Double sculls Final B and 11th overall with a time of 6:29.66. In sailing, India's Vishnu Saravanan finished 23rd in Race 8 of men's One Person Dinghy Laser Radial while Nethra Kumanan finished 20th in Race 8 in women's One Person Dinghy Laser Radial. Sailors Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy finished 7th in Race 6 in Men's 49er. India's golfers Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane began their campaign at Tokyo 2020 Men's Individual Stroke Play. In tennis, world number one Novak Djokovic won in straight sets 6-2 6-0 against Japan's Kei Nishikori in the men's singles quarterfinals.
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