Lovlina Borgohain's promising run continues as second medal assured for India; PV Sindhu outperforms Akane Yamaguchi

[caption id=“attachment_9852091” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] On Day seven of Tokyo Olympics 2020, Anirban Lahiri ended round two of men’s golf on a disappointing note, managing just a T-20 position. AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852061” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Striker Gurjant Singh scored twice as India men’s hockey team, who had already qualified for quarter-finals, romped past Japan 5-3 in their final pool game. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852101” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] On the other hand, India women’s hockey team kept their last-eight hopes alive, with a 1-0 win over Ireland. Navneet Kaur’s late winner was the difference in the game. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852111” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Boxer Lovlina Borgohain confirmed India’ second medal at Tokyo 2020 when she beat Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen in the quarter-final of the women’s welterweight category. AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852081” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu booked her place in the women’s singles semi-finals with a convincing 21-13, 22-20 win over Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. She will play her last-four clash on Saturday. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852131” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] In another disappointing outcome for hosts fans in badminton, Nozomi Okuhara bowed out of women’s singles badminton following a 13-21, 21-13, 21-14 loss to China’s He Bingjiao in a last16 clash. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852071” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Novak Djokovic’s Golden Slam dream ended after he lost to Germany’s Alexander Zverev by scores of 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the men’s singles semi-finals. Zverev will face Russian Olympic Committee’s Karen Khachanov in the gold medal clash. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9852121” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa broke record to win the women’s 200m breaststroke gold medal. She won the race with a time of two minutes, 18.95 seconds to break the record of Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen, who had set a time of 2:19.11 at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. AP[/caption]