Mixed event, more despair for shooters

Shooters endured yet another forgettable outing as they crashed out in the qualifying stages of the mixed team events in both pistol and rifle. The duo of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker caved in under pressure and failed to qualify for the final of the 10m air pistol mixed team event. They finished seventh in qualification two after topping the first phase with 582 at the Asaka Range. Both the 19-year-old shooters lost the plot completely when the top-eight teams battled it out in the second phase. Chaudhary and Bhaker totalled 380 across two series each in the second phase of the qualification. The other Indian team in the event, Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal, failed to clear qualification one and finished 17th, having totalled 564 across six series (three each for one member).

Later in the day, both the Indian pairs participating in the 10m air rifle mixed team event crashed out in the first qualification stage. The duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar finished 12th with a total of 626.5 across three series each, while Anjum Moudgil and Deepak Kumar ended 18th out of 29 pairs with an aggregate score of 623.8.

Win not enough for Chirag-Satwik

Shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy emerged victorious against the England pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in their final Group A match but still missed out on qualifying for the quarterfinals. Ranked 10th in the world, the Indians beat world No. 18 team 21-17 21-19 in a 44-minute Group A men’s doubles match. However, they couldn’t make it to the knockout stage as they finished third in the Group A.

Sharath bows out

Paddler Sharath Kamal took a game off legendary Ma Long, the reigning Olympics and world champion, before making a third round exit. Sharath fought tooth and nail to take the second game from Long but eventually lost 7-11 11-8 11-13 4-11 4-11. Agencies