Tokyo Olympics: Deepika Kumari enters quarterfinals
Tokyo/UNI: India's ace archer Deepika Kumari defeated ROC’s Ksenia Perova, to enter the quarter-finals of the women’s individual archery event at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday.
The ace Indian archer beat her Russian rival, a two-time Olympic silver medallist, 6-5 in a shoot-off in the Round of 16 at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field.
Deepika's next match is against top seed An San of South Korea for a place in the semis which begins at 11.30 am IST.
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