Deepika Kumari loses in quarters

TOKYO: India's Deepika Kumari lost her quarterfinal match in the women's individual event to top seed An San of South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

The world No. 1's campaign in Tokyo was brought to an end with a 6-0 loss to the rankings round topper An at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field.

Earlier, Deepika beat Ksenia Perova of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 6-5 in a shoot-off to enter the last eight. Deepika shot a 10 off her shoot-off arrow while Ksenia managed only seven.

This was Deepika's first quarterfinal appearance in the women's individual event at her third Olympics. IANS

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