Deepika’s match against the Russian Olympic Committee archer Perova was decided by a shoot-off. In which the ROC archer scored 7 points and instead Deepika Kumari embraced the victory by securing 10 points.
Indian archer Deepika Kumari has won her pre-quarterfinal bout at the Tokyo Olympics. With this, he has also confirmed his place in the quarter-finals. She has become the first Indian archer to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympics. In the women’s event, Deepika achieved this success by defeating Russian Olympic Committee archer Ksenia Perova in the shoot-off. Deepika’s seed was 9th, while the player she defeated in the pre-quarters, her seed was 8th. Before Deepika, her husband Atanu Das had also defeated the two-time Olympic champion in the shoot-off itself and reached the pre-quarterfinals.
Deepika’s match against the Russian Olympic Committee archer Perova was decided by a shoot-off. In which the ROC archer scored 7 points and instead Deepika Kumari embraced the victory by securing 10 points. Earlier, the match between the two archers was tied in 5 sets.
Deepika played 5 sets in the pre-quarters
Dipika won the first set 28-25 against Perova. With this win, he got 2 points. However, his target faltered in the second set and he lost the set 26-27, after which both the archers got 2-2 points. In the third set, Deepika once again managed to take 2 points. He won this set 28-27. At the same time, the fourth set ended in a tie between Deepika and Perova. Both the archers had 26-26 points, after which they had to share their points. However, the lead was still with Deepika of 1 point. But, Deepika lost the 5th set 25-28 and the match went into a shoot-off.
Deepika’s next rival is very dangerous
Deepika Kumari’s quarterfinal match will now be with Korean archer An Sun, who is a very dangerous opponent. The Korean archer has won 2 gold medals in Tokyo so far. Of these, she has won one in the women’s team event and the other in the mixed team event. Apart from this, she has also made a new Olympic record in Archery’s ranking round. That is, Deepika will have to work hard to secure the semi-final ticket.
