PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth advance to quarter-finals, Vikas Krishan's loss ends India's boxing campaign

[caption id=“attachment_2958266” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s PV Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s singles, after notching up a dominating straight-game win over Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958270” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s Srikanth Kidambi celebrates after beating Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen during a Men’s single match at Rio Olympics. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958274” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s boxing campaign at Rio Olympics came to an end after Vikas Krishan Yadav lost 0-3 to Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals of the men’s middleweight (75-kg) category. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958382” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Lalita Babar, India’s first track and field athlete to qualify for an Olympic final in 32 years, finished 10th, finishing the women’s 3,000metre steeplechase round in 9 minutes, 22.74 seconds. PTI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958268” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s Renjith Maheshwary failed to qualify for the final round of men’s triple jump after he finished 30th in the qualification round. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958264” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Srabani Nanda also failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the women’s 200 meters after finishing 55th among 72 athletes in Round 1. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958272” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s Seema Punia failed to advance to women’s discus throw finals after finishing ninth in her qualifying round. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2958262” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s wrestling campaign also began on a disappointing note, as Ravinder Khatri lost to Hungary’s Viktor Lorincz in men’s Greco-Roman 85kg first round. Reuters[/caption]