Rio 2016: Saina Nehwal's ouster, Mirza-Bopanna bronze play-off loss sums up sorrowful day for India
All the action in photos of India from Day 9 of Rio Olympics 2016.
One of India's biggest medal hopes Saina Nehwal suffered a shock defeat and bowed out of Rio Olympics. After the match, Saina revealed that she played with pain in her knee. AP
India's strongest chance of a podium finish were dashed when Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna lost in straight sets to Lucie Hradecka-Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the play-off for the mixed doubles bronze medal. PTI
India squandered a one goal advantage to go down 1-3 to Belgium in the quarterfinals and crashed out of the men's hockey competition of the Rio Olympics. PTI
India's Manoj Kumar crashed out with a 0-3 loss to Fazliddin Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan in the men's light welterweight (64kg) category. AP
Dipa Karmakar missed out on a historic medal in the women's vault by a whisker, but she created history for India with a creditable fourth place finish in the final. AFP
India's PV Sindhu defeated Canadian Michelle Li and qualified for pre-quarters. Reuters
Kidambi Srikanth outplayed Henri Hurskainen of Sweden 21-6, 21-18 in his group H preliminaries encounter and advanced for pre-quarters. AP
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