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Tokyo 2020, archery: Indian mixed-doubles pair of Deepika Kumari, Pravin Jadhav lose to Korea in QF
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India exited the mixed team archery event at the quarter-final stage as the Pravin Jadhav-Deepika Kumari pairing lost 6-2 to South Korea at the Tokyo Games on Saturday.
Deepika and Jadhav weren’t at their best and couldn’t take advantage of some below-par shooting by the top seeds.
That the two Korean Olympic debutants, 17-year-old Kim Je Deok and 20-year-old An San won two sets despite scoring only 35 out of a possible 40.
Up against the Korean pair, who were making their Olympic debuts, Deepika failed to notch a single perfect 10 from eight arrows, while rookie Jadhav misfired a six in the crucial fourth set after drilling in three perfect 10s to lose the match.
The Indians failed to shoot even a single 10 in the first set as the top seed Korean duo of An San and Kim Je Deok took the first set 35-32 in a low-scoring affair.
Jadhav picked up tempo in the second set with two 10s, but Deepika was astray with scores of 8 and 9. The team lost the second set 37-38.
Required to win the third set to keep their hopes alive, Indians shot three 9s and one 8, while An San faltered with an 8 in the final arrow to hand India…