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Preview Day 8: Friday was an eventful day for India at Tokyo Olympics 2020, with ace shuttler PV Sindhu and boxer Lovlina Borgohain booking semi-finals places in their respective sports. Borgohain not only advanced to the women’s welterweight semis, but also assured India a second medal, after Mirabai Chanu’s silver in weightlifting. Meanwhile, Sindhu overcame home favourite Akane Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20 in the quarter-finals, and she will face Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in her last-four clash. It will take place at 3.20 pm IST. Tai Tzu Ying had beaten Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the other quarter-final. In hockey, striker Gurjant Singh scored twice as India defeated Japan 5-3 in their final Pool A game before their quarter-final clash. The Indian men will face Great Britain in their last eight clash on Sunday. India women’s hockey team returned to winning ways to keep their quarter-final hopes alive, as Navneet Kaur scored a late winner in India’s 1-0 win over Ireland. India had suffered three consecutive losses prior to this, so this will surely come as a morale-boosting result. In archery, Deepika Kumari suffered a heart-breaking 0-6 loss to Korea’s An San in the women’s individual quarter-finals, while in golf, Anirban Lahiri finished round two tied at 20th place. Boxer Amit Panghal faces Yurberjen Herney Martinez Rivas of Colombia in the men’s 52 kg round of 16 bout. Boxer Pooja Rani faces China’s Li Qian in the women’s middleweight quarter-final bout on Saturday. Li Qian is an Olympic bronze medalist and two-time Asian champion. It will be a crucial day for the women’s hockey team, who will hope for a crucial victory in their bid to reach the quarters. They face South Africa at 8.45 am IST. You can check the complete Day 8 schedule here .
Tokyo Olympics 2020 Day 8 Highlights: PV Sindhu beaten by Tai Tzu-ying; Kamalpreet Kaur qualifies for discus throw final
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The Indian action ends for today. Overall it was a disappointing day for India.
– While Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for the women’s discus throw final with a best throw of 64m, Seema Punia missed out on the qualification.
– The Indian women’s hockey team kept their hopes alive of qualifying for the quarters with a 4-3 win over South Africa
– Atanu Das bowed out of the Games with a 6-4 loss against Takaharu Furukawa.
– Amit Panghal suffered a shock 4-1 defeat against Colombia’s Yuberjen Martinez in the men’s flyweight round of 16
– PV Sindhu lost in straight games 21-18, 21-12 to Tai Tzu Ying in badminton semis.
– Pooja Rani lost 5-0 against China’s Lin Qian in the women’s middleweight quarterfinal.
– India’s M Sreeshankar missed out on qualifying for the Men’s long jump final after finishing 13th in the qualification round.
Athletics, Men’s long jump qualification
India’s M Sreeshankar finishes 13th in Men’s long jump qualification, narrowly misses out on qualifying for the final. His best jump was 7.69 m which he got on his first attempt. The rest two were 7.51 and 7.43.
Attempt 1: 7.69
Attempt 2: 7.51
Attempt 3: 7.43
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu dominated her opponent and made it look really easy, espicially in the second game. Sindhu probably knew it was going to be an extremely tough task after she lost the first game.
Tai Tzu finally has a major medal. Sindhu will fight for the bronze against He Bingjiao tomorrow around 5 pm IST.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
All over for Sindhu! Not at her best today as Tai Tzu beats her 21-18, 21-12 to enter the final of women’s singles.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu with eight match points!
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu showing the A game against Sindhu. The cross-court smashes and drop shots have been brilliant. Sindhu’s body language is not great at the moment. 16-8 to Tai Tzu.
Athletics, Men’s long jump qualification
Sreeshankar gets a distance of 7.43 in his third attempt. He didn’t seem happy with it. His first jump is his best – 7.69 m. In the second attempt, he got a distance of 7.51.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
This is not looking good for Sindhu. Tai Tzu with a four-point advantage going to the mid-game break.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Three special drop shots by Tai Tzu. Sindhu reaches for the two and but fails in the third one. The shuttler from Taiwan takes a three-point lead in the second game 7-4.
Athletics, Men’s long jump qualification
Sreeshankar is currently in 11th position with a best jump of 7.69, He has one more attempt to go to better it. Top 12 qualify for the final.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Sindhu started well and had a good lead at one point but Tai Tzu upped the ante and won the big points in the first game. The second game is underway.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu with the roar as she wins the first game 21-18.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Just too good. Tai Tzu pushes Sindhu with her smashes and drop shots with the Indian doing it really well to keep the rally going. But then the Taiwan players comes up with a sensational smash to win the point. 20-18 and two game points for Tai Tzu.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu going for the body shots and earning points. Sindhu has a two-point lead when Tai Tzu comes up with her trademark drop shot to make it 15-16.
Athletics, Men’s long jump qualification
Sreeshankar gets a distance 7.69 in the first attempt but couldn’t better it in the second as he could manage just 7.51.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu does well to win three consecutive points and make it 11-11 but a slight misjudgement results in an error in the next point.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
As expected, both players showing their high class quality on the court. Sindhu goes into the mid-game break with a three point advantage at 11-8 but this a close battle.
Athletics
Meanwhile, India’s M Sreeshankar is in action in the Men’s long jump qualification…
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Tai Tzu wins the first two points but Sindhu gets into the groove by winning the next four points. The fourth point is a cross-court smash, Tai Tzu dives but doesn’t make proper connection with the shuttle. 4-2 to Sindhu!
Boxing
Here’s how the Li Qian vs Pooja Rani bout panned out. The Chinese was far superior and overpowered Rani.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Here we go! The first game of the second semi-final is underway.
Badminton, Sindhu vs Tai Tzu
Sindhu might not have good record against Tai Tzu but she has beaten her in big tournaments such as 2016 Rio Games, 2019 World Championships and 2018 World Tour Finals.
Boxing
Li Qian WINS BOUT! She wins by unanimous decision. What a commanding performance, she beats Pooja Rani 5-0. Pooja Rani struggled throughout the bout as Qian kept upping here aggression.
Badminton
Right, not too long for the big match.
The head-to-head record between Sindhu and Tai Tzu favours the Taiwan shuttler heavily. They met 18 times and Tai Tzu won 13 matches to Sindhu’s five.
Boxing
Li Qian takes the second round as well. Pooja Rani struggled throughout that round as Qian upped here aggression All five judges giving the round to the Chinese.
Badminton
Chen Yufei seals the third game and wins the match 21-16, 13-21, 21-12.
The top seed is through to the final of the women’s singles event. She will face the winner of the match between PV Sindhu and Tai Tzu-ying
Boxing
Li Qian takes the first round, a clean sweep for her. All five judges giving the round to her. Pooja Rani started off slowly and was a bit defensive to start off but then upped her aggression in that round but overall the Chinese was more aggressive.
Boxing
Li Qian takes the first round, a clean sweep for her. Pooja Rani started off slowly and was a bit defensive to start off but then upped her aggression in that round but overall the Chinese was more aggressive.
Boxing
We are all set for the Women’s middleweight quarterfinal between India’s Pooja Rani and China’s Li Qian.
Pooja Rani, the two-time Asian Champion, began her campaign in style with a 5-0 win over Algeria’s Ichrak Chaib.
She will now face an uphill task against Li Quan, who is Rio bronze medallist, former world champion and two-time Asian Champion.
A win will assure Pooja of a medal.
Badminton, women’s singles
Chen Yufei, the top seed, races away to a six-point lead in the third game. He Bing Jiao will need something special to make comeback from 5-11 down.
Badminton, women’s singles
He Bing Jiao wins the second game and takes the match to the decider.
Tennis update
Wow.
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Ash Barty and John Peers get the medal.
Badminton
Chen Yu Fei is in action against He Bing Jiao in the first badminton women’s singles semi-final.
Tennis – Men’s Singles
Novak Djokovic misses out on a bronze medal after being beaten 4-6, 7-6, 3-6 by Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain.
Sailing – Skiff 49er
In Race 12 of the men’s Skiff 49er, the Indian duo of Ganapathy Kelapanda and Varun Thakkar finish in 14th place. They stay in 17th place overall.
Golf
Udayan S Mane finishes the third round at tied-55th place. He is 2-over par having shot 70 today but still reeling from the impact of the 6-over in the first round
Sailing
In Men’s Skiff 49er, KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finish 9th in Race 11. They move up a place in the overall standings to 17th
Tennis
One set all! In a nervy yet quality tiebreak, Novak Djokovic saves a match point before forcing a deciding third set
Badminton
Chen Long of China is into the men’s singles semi-final. The semis are set:
Chen Long vs Anthony Ginting
Viktor Axelsen vs Kevin Cordon
Chen Long 🇨🇳 is only the third player after compatriot Lin Dan and Malaysian @LeeChongWei 🇲🇾 to qualify for three consecutive Olympic semifinals.#RaiseARacket 🏸 for reigning champ.#Tokyo2020 #Olympics
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