All the Indian recurve archers barring Tarundeep Rai (men) and Bombayala Devi (women) reached the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games archery competition at the Yamuna Sports Complex here on Tuesday.
Ranked No. 1 and 2 respectively, Deepika Kumari and Dola Banerjee, cruised to the last eight stage. Deepika blanked Tan Wendy Liu Jie of Singapore 4-0 while Dola had the measure of Malaysia's Kim Ng Sui 4-2. Bombayala crashed out in the last 16 to Feeney Alexandra of Australia 4-2.
Easy going
Rahul, top-ranked in the men's section, didn't have much problems in defeating Bangladesh's Sheik Sojeb 4-0. Jayanta Talukdar, ranked No. 2, qualified for the quarterfinals with a 5-1 win over Cyprus' Constantin Christodoulou 5-1.
Rai lost to Malaysia's Sian Chu Cheng 4-0. Three-time Olympian Matthew Gray of Australia defeated Duenas Crispin of Canada 4-0 to advance.
Two-time Olympian Deonne Bridger of Australia was the surprise casualty when she bowed out to Vanessa Tze Rong Loh of Singapore 5-1 in the pre-quarterfinals.
The results (pre-quarterfinals, Indians unless otherwise mentioned):
Recurve: Men: Rahul Banerjee bt Sojeb Shiek (MAS) 4-0 (58-53, 54-53); Matthew Gray (Aus) bt Duenas Crispin (Can) 4-0 (56-53, 54-52); Cheng Chu Sian (MAS) bt Tarundeep Rai 4-0 (58-53, 55-52); Larry Godfrey (Eng) bt Alan James Wills (Eng) 4-0 (54-52, 53-51); Simon Terry (Eng) bt Milon Md. Emdadul Haque (Ban) 4-2 (57-52, 52-57, 56-52); Jayanta Talukdar bt Constantin Christodoulou (Cyp) 5-1 (54-54, 54-51, 58-52).
Women: Deepika Kumari bt Tan Wendy Liu Jie (Sin) bt 4-0 (56-47, 54-45); Fenny Alexandra (Aus) bt Laishram Bombayala Devi 4-2 (51-49, 51-52, 53-50); Vanessa Tze Rong Loh (Sin) bt Deonne Bridger (Aus) 5-1 (50-47, 52, 51-51, 52-45); Alison Jane Williamson (Eng) bt Cheok Khang Leng (Sin) 4-0 (52-48, 53-51); Dola Banerjee bt Kim Ng Sui (MAS) 56-54, 53-54, 52-47).
