Tokyo Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu's inspired performance earns bronze for India in badminton; men's hockey team enters semis

[caption id=“attachment_9856201” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Day nine of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 turned out to be a memorable one for India, as PV Sindhu successfully claimed bronze medal in women’s singles, beating China’s He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, after claiming silver in Rio on 2016. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9856211” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] India’s Gurjant Singh celebrates after scoring against Great Britain in the men’s hockey semi-finals. In what was a historic feat, the India men’s hockey team reached the semi-finals of the Olympics after 49 years, beating Great Britain 3-1. They will face Belgium in the semi-finals on Tuesday. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9856271” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] China’s Chen Yu Fei clinched gold in the women’s singles badminton tournament, with a win over Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying in the final. It was a n evenly-fought contest, with the match ending 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 in Chen’s favour. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9856231” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Jamaica’s Yohan Blake failed to qualify for the men’s 100m final, finishing in sixth position during the semi-finals. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9856221” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Another favourite, USA’s Trayvon Bromell, too failed to qualify for the final from the men’s 100m second semi-final, narrowly missing out after finishing third. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9856241” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Germany’s Alexander Zverev poses with the men’s singles tennis gold medal. He triumphed over Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 in the summit clash. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9856251” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Boxer Satish Kumar succumbed to a 0-5 defeat in the quarter-finals of the super heavyweight category, losing to Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan. AP[/caption]