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India's Deepika Kumari advanced to the quarterfinals of the archery women's individual event at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Deepika defeated Ksenia Perova of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 6-5 in a shoot-off to enter the last eight.
Deepika's quarterfinal will be at 11:30 AM IST later on Friday against top seed An San of South Korea. This is Deepika's first Olympic quarterfinal in the individual event in her third Games appearance. At the 2012 London Olympics, she lost in the first round, while at the 2016 Rio Olympics, she lost in the pre-quarterfinals.
Deepika, seeded ninth on the basis of the ranking round held at the start of the Games, won the first set over eighth-seeded Perova. She shot 9, 10 and 9 for a total of 28, while Perova managed 9, 9 and 7 for a score of 25.
In the second set, Deepika shot a 10 and a 9, but a 7 on her third arrow proved costly. Perova shot 9, 8 and 10 to win the set 27-26 and level the match at 2-2.
In the third set, Deepika started strongly with a 10 and followed it up with two 9s for a total of 28. Perova was similarly consistent but shot three 9s, giving Deepika the set 28-27 and the match lead at 4-2.
Both archers shot 9, 8 and 9 in the fourth set to take a point each. Deepika still led the match 5-3 and was a set point away from victory.
However, the Indian began the fifth set with a 7, and then shot 10 and 8 for a total of 25. Perova shot 9, 10 and 9 for 28, sending the match to a single-arrow shoot-off.
Deepika shot a 10 on her attempt, while Perova could only manage a 7, sending the Indian into the quarterfinals.
On Thursday, Atanu Das, Deepika's husband, knocked out South Korean legend Oh Jin-Hyek in similar fashion, shooting a 10 in the shoot-off, while Oh shot a 9. Atanu, seeded 35th, will face 46th seed Takaharu Furukawa of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals on Saturday.
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