Archery World Cup Stage 3: Abhishek-Jyothi duo reached to the final

Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam duo reached to the Compound Mixed team final. They defeated Estonia’s Robin Jaatma and Lisell Jaatma 156-151 in the semi final on Friday. After that, The duo assured India their second medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3.

Deepika Kumari and Co. have confirmed the first medal of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 after reaching into the final of recurve women’s team event.

The Compound Mixed team has to defeat fifth seed France in the compound mixed team final on Saturday.

World No.3 Jyothi, who was sidelined in the Asian Games trial, is also playing for an individual medal. She made a comeback After more than seven months.

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Match report :

Lisell Jaatma gave Jyothi a tough fight in the individual quarterfinals. But the Indian pair had put so much pressure on Lisell-Robin pair in the first round.

In the third round, Verma and Jyothi played consistently well and lead to five points. But later their opposition leveled it to 38-38 in the final set of arrows.

After failed into the pre-quarters, India defeated Puerto Rico by a eight-point margin 158-150.

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The Indian pair faced their toughest opponent, El Salvador’s Roberto Hernandez and Sofia Paiz in the quarters. Roberto-Sofia pair Stretched the game to shoot-off. But the Indian-duo was calm and hit an X at the most crucial time. They overcome the challenge. This led to the victory in the the shoot-off after their final scoreboard showed 155-155 (19-19).

Tarundeep Rai and Ankita Bhakat made a first round exit. They paired for the first time. The duo was defeated from the lower ranked Kazakhstan 4-5 (34-36 37-33 37-35 35-36) (18-20) in a shoot-off.