Day Seven: Few hits and many misses for India

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles tennis event by defeating Andy Murray and Heather Watson of Britain in straight sets. (PTI Photo)

Published on: Aug 13, 2016 10:19 AM IST

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Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles tennis event by defeating Andy Murray and Heather Watson of Britain in straight sets. (PTI Photo)

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The 6-4, 6-4 win over the Andy Murray will make the Indian pair one of the favourites in the mixed doubles event. (PTI Photo)

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Vikas Krishan reacts after winning his bout against Onder Sipal of Turkey in the 75kg category. (REUTERS photo)

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Vikas Krishan, who is just one win away from a medal, will face Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan for a berth in the last four. (AP photo)

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In hockey, India qualified for the quarterfinals for the first time in 36 years. 1980 Olympics was the last time India had advanced to the knockouts. (AFP photo)

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But India suffered a big blow as one of the mainstay, SV Sunil injured his wrist and had to be stretchered off . (AFP photo)

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Ramandeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored in the 2-2 draw against Canada. (AFP)

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Discus throw er Vikas Gowda finished 28th after recording a highest throw of 58.70m. The qualification mark for the final was set at 65.50m. (REUTERS photo)

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Gagan Narang (3rd R) finished 13th after qualification round with a total of 623.1 points in 50m prone event. (PTI photo)

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Gagan was in the mix to qualify for the prone final but faded away in the last five shots. (PTI photo)

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Army man Chain Singh finished a lowly 36th after ending the qualification rounds with a total of 619.6 points. (REUTERS photo)

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In golf competition, SSP Chawrasia is in joint 30th position after logging an even-par 71. His teammate Anirban Lahiri is joint 51st with two-over 73 after the second round. (AP photo)

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There were more disappointment from the athletics contingent as Dutee Chand (right) failed to advance to the semifinal in the 100m after finishing seventh in her heat with a timing of 11.69 sec. (AP photo)

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Muhammed Anas Yahiya finished sixth in heats and 31st overall in the men’s 400m event with a timing of 45.95 to crash out in the 400m. (REUTERS photo)

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Ankit Sharma finished 12th after registering a jump of 7.67 metre of the men’s long jump qualifying round. (REUTERS photo)

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Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out of the women’s doubles event after losing 16-21, 21-16, 17-21 to the Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens Selena Piek . (REUTERS photo)

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India suffered another reversal in badminton as Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost in straight games 13-21, 15-21 to China’s Chai Biao and Hong Wei. (REUTERS photo)

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Archer Atanu Das fought valiantly, but went down 4-6 (28-30, 30-28, 27-27, 27-28, 28-28) to South Korea’s Seungyun Lee. (REUTERS photo)