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Tokyo Olympics 2020, Day 5 Highlights: Badminton Top Seed Kenta Momota Out; Archer Deepika Kumari Through to Pre-Quarters
Tokyo Olympics 2020, Day 5 Highlights: Top seed in badminton Kento Momota of Japan was knocked out. Archer Deepika Kumari reaches the Round of 16 after a 6-4 win over USA's Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez in the Round of 16 Eliminations. Pooja Rani wins 5-0 against her Algerian opponent to go through to the quarter-finals. PV Sindhu booked her spot in the knockouts of badminton women's singles while Sai Praneeth's campaigns ended.
Tokyo Olympics 2020, Day 5 Highlights: Kento Momota (Japan) lost in a straight set against Heo Kwang-hee (South Korea). 21-15, 21-19 and is out of the Tokyo Olympics. Archer Deepika Kumari reaches the Round of 16 after a 6-4 win over USA’s Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez in the Round of 16 Eliminations. B Sai Praneeth’s Olympic campaign comes to an end with a 14-21, 14-21 loss to Mark Caljouw in his second group match. Pooja Rani wins 5-0 against her Algerian opponent to go through to the quarter-finals.
Archer Pravin Jadhav loses 6-0 to world champion Brady Elisson of USA in the Round of 16 Men’s Individual Elimination match after beating Galsan Bazarzhapov of 6-0 Russia in the Round of 32. Simone Biles pulled out of a second event at the Tokyo Olympics, withdrawing from the individual all-around competition to concentrate on her mental health. World no.6 PV Sindhu made short work of Ngan Li Cheung in the women’s singles group J match and defeated her 21-9, 21-16. The Indian will next face Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the pre-quarters. Not a great day for India in sailing — men’s skiff 49er — as Varun Thakkar and K Ganapathy end 18th, 17th and 19th in race two, three and four, respectively.
The next set of races will take place on Wednesday. Archer Tarundeep Rai defeated Oleksii Hunbin of Ukraine 6-4 but lost to Israel’s Itay Shanny 6-5 via shootout in the Round of 16 of the men’s individual event. In rowing, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished sixth out of 6 in their men’s lightweight double sculls semi-final failed to qualify for the medal round race. The women’s hockey lost 1-4 to Great Britain in their women’s Pool A match as Sharmila Devi scored the only goal for India. Deepika Kumari goes up against Bhutan’s Bhu Karma in the Women’s Individual 1/32 Elimination match. In Badminton, B Sai Praneeth faces M Caljouw of the Netherlands in the men’s singles Group D. Boxer Pooja Rani goes up against Ichrak Chaib of Algeria in women’s 75kg Round of 16 bout.
Tokyo Olympics - Women's Hockey
Argentina beat China 3-2 in Pool B encounter. Scorers: Julieta Jankunas (54', Agustina Gorzelany 18', 24')
Australia beat Japan 1-0 in Pool B encounter. Scorers: Madison Mae Fitzpatrick (33')
Tokyo Olympics Live Updates: Japan's badminton top seed Momota out in Olympics first round
Tokyo Olympics - Swimming
New Olympic record in women's 100m freestyle - and Australia's Emma McKeon is the new record holder.
EMMA-ZING 👏 🏊🏻♀️#AUS's Emma McKeon sets a new Olympic record in women's 100m freestyle #Swimming, clocking a time of 52.13 😱#Tokyo2020 #StrongerTogether #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/dHFPmijTVG
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) July 28, 2021
Tokyo Olympics - Tennis
German pair of Alexander Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff are out of men's doubles after a 3-6, 6-7(4) loss to USA's Austin Krajicek-Tennys Sandgren.
Tokyo Olympics - Men's Football
Brazil beats Saudi Arabia 3-1 as with Richarlison scoring a brace (76', 90+3') and Matheus Cunha finding the back of the net in the 14th minute.
Germany drew 1-1 with Cote d'Ivoire with Eduard Loewen scoring in the 73rd minute after Benjamin Henrichs scored an own goal in the 67th minute.
Republic of Korea thrashed Honduras 6-0 with three penalties being scored - two by Uijo Hwang and one by Dujae Won. Hwang scored a hat-trick while Kangin Lee and Jinya Kim scoring a goal each.
Romania and New Zealand played out a 0-0 draw.
Tokyo Olympics - Tennis
Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Garbine Muguruza was knocked out after a 5-7, 1-6 loss to Elena Rybakina in an hour and 33 minutes.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Set 5
Deepika starts the set with a 9 while Jennifer hits an 8.
Deepika gets a 9 in the second shot, Jennifer hits an 8 again.
Deepika gets an 8 in the final shot while Jennifer gets a 9 and just misses on the Round of 16.
Deepika Kumari wins her 1/16 Eliminations with a 6-4 win over USA's Jennfier Mucino-Fernandez.
Tokyo Olympics - Badminton
A disappointing campaign for Praneeth comes to an end after he loses in straight games. He loses 14-21, 14-21 and his Tokyo 2020 dream comes to end. Ordinary stuff here from the Indian after leading 7-1 in the second game.
Tokyo Olympics - Badminton
Not good signs for Praneeth here. He is trailing in the second game 12-14 here. Praneeth needs something special.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Set 4
Jennifer hits a 9 in the first shot, Deepika gets a 9 too.
Jennifer gets hits an 8 in the second shot whiel Deepika hits a 6.
Jennifer hits an 8 in the third shot while Deepika hits a 9.
Jennifer takes the fourth set 25-24.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Set 3
Deepika starts the third set with a 10 while Jennifer hits an 8.
Deepika gets a 9 in the second shot, Jennifer hits a 10.
Deepika hits an 8 in the final shot of the set while Jennifer gets a 7.
Deepika takes the third set 27-25.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Set 2
Deepika starts the second set with a 8 while Jennifer gets a 9.
Deepika hits a 10 in the second shot while Jennifer hits a 7, Deepika in the lead.
Deepika finishes with a 10 while Jennifer hits a 9.
Deepika takes the second set 28-25.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Set 1
Deepika off to a disastrous start with a 7 in the first shot while USA's Jennifer hit a 9.
Deepika got a 9 in the second shot while Jennifer struck a 10.
Deepika finished the second with a 9 but Jennifer struck a 7 to just take the set.
Deepika loses the first set 25-26.
Tokyo Olympics - Badminton
Sai Praneeth gets a good start in the second game as he heads 7-1. After a tough first game, he showed more composure and skill behind the shuttle to get a good lead.
Tokyo Olympics - Boxing
Pooja Rani wins a clinical bout against her Algerian opponent, with ease. The Indian is through to the quarter-finals now. She wins 5-0.
Tokyo Olympics - Boxing
Another good round for Pooja and she lands a few powerful punches on her opponent. She takes the second round as well.
Tokyo Olympics - Badminton
Sai Praneeth loses first game 14-21 in 19 minutes to Netherlands' Mark Caljouw. A disappointing performance from the Indian, where he could barely put Caljouw under pressure.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Confirmed! Deepika Kumari will be up against USA's Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez in the Round of 16 Eliminations. The American had her downs in the Round of 32 match but put up a clutch performance in the end to set up the match against Deepika.
Tokyo Olympics - Boxing
Decent start by Poonam in the first round and she is in the lead now. She needs two more good rounds here.
Tokyo Olympics - Badminton
Disappointing early play from B Sai Praneeth as he trails 12-17 against the Netherlands' Mark Caljouw in the first game of his second Group D match.
Tokyo Olympics - Boxing
So onto some boxing action now. Pooja Rani in action in middleweight category against Ichrak of Algeria.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Pravin Jadhav put up a fantastic performance in his Round of 32 Eliminations match.
How to start and end with perfect 10s? 🎯
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) July 28, 2021
Pravin Jadhav showed us as he won his first men's individual recurve match against #ROC's Galsan Bazarzhapov by 6-0, before going down to world No. 1 - #USA's Brady Ellison! #IND#BestOfTokyo | #Tokyo2020 | #StrongerTogether | #Archery pic.twitter.com/0OSUbFIXC3
Tokyo Olympics - Badminton
B Sai Praneeth is in action against Netherlands' Mark Caljouw in his second match in Group D. Praneeth had lost his opener surprisingly to Israel's Misha Zilberman.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
UPSET Alert! Korean Kim Je-deok, who won gold in both Mixed Team and Men's Team event at the age of 17 and had topped the men's ranking round, has fallen to a surprise loss to Germany's Florian Kahllund 7-3 in the Round of 32 Eliminations.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
3rd Set
Karma hits a 6 in her first shot while Deepika finds a 9.
Karma gets an 8 in the second shot while Deepika hits a 10.
Karma hits a 10 to finish the set while Deepika gets an 8.
Deepika Kumari wins the Round of 32 Eliminations with a 6-0 win over Bhutan's Karma.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
2nd Set
Karma hits a 7 in her first shot while Deepika makes an 8.
Karma hits another 7 in the second shot while Deepika makes a 9.
Karma hits a 9 in her third shot and Deepika matches that with a 9 too.
Deepika wins the second set 26-23. She is one set away from reaching the Round of 16.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
1st set
Deepika Kumari hits an 8 in the first shot and Karma hits an 8 too.
Deepika hits a 9 in the second shot while Karma makes a 6.
Deepika hits a 9 in her third shot and Karma matches that with a 9.
Deepika wins the first set 26-23.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
India's Deepika Kumari up against Bhutan's Karma in the Round of 32 Eliminations match.
Tokyo Olympics - Tennis
'If I Die, Are You Going to be Responsible?' Daniil Medvedev Describes Struggle in Tokyo Heat
"Even from the first set I didn't feel good enough with my breathing. I felt like my diaphragm was blocked, I couldn't breathe properly," said Daniil Medvedev, who took a medical timeout and received two visits from the trainer.
Asked by the umpire if he was OK during the second set, the Russian replied: "I can finish the match, but I can die. If I die, are you going to be responsible?"
"I think it was the most humid day we had so far, maybe the hottest. The sun was pretty hot. At the end of the second set I just had darkness in my eyes. I was bending over, and I couldn't get my breathing together. I was ready to just fall down on the court," he added.
Tokyo Olympics - Archery
Pravin Jadhav was up against world champion Brady Ellison of USA and it was a massive task, one he couldn't match up to. Pravin started well but as his nerves took over, he hits a number of 8s while Ellison remained consistent and took the match away with ease. Elisson beat Pravin 6-0 by taking all the three sets.
Kento Momota of Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo)
