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Three Indians storm into men’s compound quarters after historic team gold

Prathamesh Fuge, the lowest-ranked Indian, produces biggest upset of his career by knocking out world number one Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands
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Three Indian archers—Rishabh Yadav, Aman Saini and Prathamesh Fuge—stormed into the men’s compound individual quarterfinals of the World Archery Championships here on Monday, a day after scripting history with the country’s first-ever team gold.

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Fuge, the lowest-ranked Indian qualifier in the men’s compound section with a seeding of 19th, produced the biggest upset of his career by knocking out world number one and 2013 world champion Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands.

The 22-year-old was flawless, shooting a perfect 150 out of 150, hitting 10s with all 15 arrows.

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Both archers began in extraordinary fashion, shooting 10s across the first three ends.

But Schloesser finally cracked under pressure, dropping a point in the fourth end. Fuge, showing remarkable composure, continued his run of 10s to clinch the tie and set up a quarterfinal clash with Denmark’s Mathias Fullerton.

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Yadav, fresh from his double on Sunday—team gold and mixed team silver with Jyothi Surekha Vennam ---was also clinical, defeating Estonia’s Robin Jaatma 148-140.

He will now face French world number three and top seed Nicolas Girard.

Saini had to fight harder in his pre-quarterfinal match but held his nerve in the shoot-off stages to edge past France’s Jean Philippe Boulch 144-143.

His next opponent will be Curtis Broadnax of the USA.

With all three Indians placed in different quarters of the draw, the country now stands a realistic chance of a clean sweep in the men’s compound individual section.

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