While the Italian shot a nine, Deepika hit the bull’s eye to eke out a one-point win. Earlier, in the round of 1/32, Deepika beat her Georgian rival 27-26, 29-29, 30-27, 27-29, 29-29 to enter the next round. After a 29-29 tie in the second set, Deepika hit the bull’s eye in her all three attempts in the third set to surge ahead 5-1. Deepika lost the first set before hitting two consecutive 10s and a nine in the second set to aggregate 29 as compared to 26 by the Italian. Competing in her third Olympics, the 31-year-old Bombayla, who finished 24th in the ranking round, dished out a dominating show to get the better off Chinese Taipei’s Lin Shih-Chia 6-2 in the 1/16 elimination after beating Austria’s Laurence Baldauff in 1/32 elimination round.

Source: The Hindu August 10, 2016 22:29 UTC