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Vijender lifts gloom, storms into boxing quarterfinals
Star pugilist Vijender Singh saved the best for the last round to outpunch Yu Ting Yang of Chinese Taipei 9-4 and storm into the 75kg quarterfinals of the boxing competition on Wednesday.
Star pugilist Vijender Singh saved the best for the last round to outpunch Yu Ting Yang of Chinese Taipei 9-4 and storm into the 75kg quarterfinals of the boxing competition on Wednesday.
World number one Vijender, who got a first round bye, was finding hard to break into his opponent's defence initially and was trailing 1-2 at the end of the second round before running away winner with a flurry of punches.
Earlier in the day, Vikas Krishan (60kg) advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after beating Thailand's Saylom Ardee in his opening round bout.
poor show by shooters
Indian shooters put up a dismal show on another windy day as they drew a blank for the third day in running with only pistol expert and Melbourne Commonwealth Games hero Samaresh Jung coming up with something notable,
Mixed day in tennis
India had a mixed day in tennis as Karan Rastogi and Vishnu Vardhan started their campaign with a victory in men's double while Rushmi Chakravarti and Poojashree Venkatesha crashed out of the women's doubles in the first round. Rastogi and Vardhan ousted the Hong Kong pair of Cheuk-Wai Jack Hui and Xiaopeng Lai 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the second round.
Golfer Rashid tied 5th
Rashid Khan opened with a tumultuous one-under 71 to be the highest-placed Indian at tied fifth in the men's individual golf on Wednesday. The 19-year-old sent down an eagle and four birdies against three bogeys and a double bogey on the opening day. He is the only Indian to break par.
sharath advances
Sharath Kamal and Amalraj Anthony advanced to the men's singles pre-quarters of table tennis. Sharath thrashed Sri Lanka’s Rohan Nanamendra. He now plays world No. 116 Sang Eun of South Korea in the round of 16.
