Berlin Archery World Cup: Indian compound teams crash out in quarterfinals

The men's team, which included Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini and Rajat Chauhan, shot 230 to lose the contest to their German counterparts by three points. Muskan Kirar, Swati Dudhwal and Jyothi Surekha Vennam on the other hand lost by a margin of seven points as the final score read 229-222.

Abhishek Verma was the only compound archer who made it to the fourth round in the individual event but ultimately lost to Turkey's Suleyman Araz 148-142 after beating Russia's Alexander Dambaev 142-139. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Both the Indian men's and women's compound teams crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Berlin World Cup as they lost to Germany and Turkey, respectively, on Thursday.

The men's team, which included Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini and Rajat Chauhan, shot 230 to lose the contest to their German counterparts by three points. Muskan Kirar, Swati Dudhwal and Jyothi Surekha Vennam on the other hand lost by a margin of seven points as the final score read 229-222.

Abhishek Verma was the only compound archer who made it to the fourth round in the individual event but ultimately lost to Turkey's Suleyman Araz 148-142 after beating Russia's Alexander Dambaev 142-139.

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Among the women, no one could clear the second round.

In men's recurve, India's charge ended in the third round after both Atul Verma and Pravin Ramesh Jadhav lost their respective matches.

Deepika Kumari, who had beat Elodie Kaczmareck in the third round, succumbed to a 6-0 loss to Chinese Taipei's Tan Ya-Ting.

In the recurve team events, the men's team of Atul Verma, Pravin Ramesh Jadhav and Atanu Das crashed out in the first round to Canada with the scoreboard reading 5-1. The women's team of Bombayla Devi Laishram, Madhu Vedwan and Deepika Kumari too put up a dismal performance as they lost to Italy 6-0 in the quarterfinal.

 

Scores:   Compound Men Individual:   Fourth round: Abhishek Verma 142-148 Turkey's Suleyman Araz   Third round: Abhishek Verma 142-139 Russia's Alexander Dambaev Third round: Aman Saini 147-146 Croatia's Domagoj Buden Third round: Bhagwan Das 140-146 USA's Kris Schaff   Compound Women Individual:   Second round: Raj Kaur 137-140 Colombia's Sara Lopez Second round: UK's Ella Gibson 145-141 Swati Dudhwal Second round: Muskan Kirar 139-140 Turkey's Ipek Tomruk   Recurve Men Individual:   Third round: Japan's Oniyama Naoya 7-1 Atul Verma Third round: Pravin Ramesh Jadhav 4-6 Korea's Bae Jaehyeon   Recurve Women Individual:   Fourth Round: Deepika Kumari 0-6 Chinese Taipei's Tan Ya-ting Third round: Deepika Kumari 6-4 France's Elodie Kaczmareck Third round: Bombayla Devi Laishram 2-6 The Netherlands' Gabriela Bayardo Third round: Madhu Vedwan 5 (9) - 6 (9*) Estonia's Reena Parnat   Recurve Men Team (Atul Verma, Pravin Ramesh Jadhav and Atanu Das): crashed out in the first round against Canada 5-1   Recurve Women Team (Bombayla Devi Laishram, Madhu Vedwan and Deepika Kumari): lost to Italy 6-0 in quarterfinal   Compound Men Team (Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini and Rajat Chauhan): lost to Germany 230-227 in quarterfinal   Compound Women Team (Muskan Kirar, Swati Dudhwal and Jyothi Surekha Vennam): crashed out in the quarterfinal 229-222 against Turkey