Indian archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan progressed to the men’s recurve quarterfinals with impressive wins at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
While Chauhan stunned South Korea’s 22-year-old Kim Je Deok, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, 6-4 (30-28, 29-29, 29-30, 29-29, 29-27) in the men’s individual 1/8 elimination round, Bommadevara outwitted Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Hsiang-Hui 6-2 (29-27, 27-28, 30-28, 29-28) in the other pre-quarterfinals.
Bommadevara will face Uzbekistan’s Amirkhon Sadikov, while Chauhan is pitted against Bhutan’s Lam Dorji next.
Earlier, Bommadevara defeated Girvin Cullen Nigel Garcia of the Philippines 6-0 (30-26, 29-28, 28-26) in the elimination 1/16 round, while Chauhan beat Indonesia’s Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla 6-4 (28-29, 28-29, 30-27, 26-25, 28-27).
In women’s recurve individual, Kirti and Kumkum Mohod Anil will be in action later in the day.
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