Tokyo Olympics 2020: World No. 1 Indian archer Deepika Kumari knocked USA's Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics hereabouts at Yumenoshima Ranking Field on Wednesday. She defeated her rival from the US 6-4 in the 1/16 eliminations round. Deepika was failed in the first set as she registered a score of 25 while the opponent from the US scored 26 to take a 2-0 lead.

Detailing about the second set, Deepika was able to make a comeback and consequently, she brought the scoreline level to 2-2. Continuing from where she left off, the Indian archer ruled the third set, and she went on to take a 4-2 lead in the match. Deepika was not able to wrap up the match in Set 4 as Fernandez made a comeback, bringing the scoreline level at 4-4 and the match progressed to the fifth and thrilling deciding set.

However, in the final set, Deepika held her own to win the match 6-4, and as a result, she progressed to the 1/8 eliminations round. Earlier in the day, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav crashed out of men's individual archery after losing in the 1/16 eliminations round.
India's mixed team of Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav on Saturday had lost their quarter-final clash of the Archery Mixed Team event.

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