Tokyo Olympics: P V Sindhu and Deepika Kumari register thumping wins

In hockey, the Indian wom­en's team lost 1-4 to defending champions Great Britain

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women’s singles badminton at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Hong Kong’s N Y Cheung in a group match on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old, who had won a silver in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over the 34th ranked Cheung 21-9 21-16. The 13th seed, B Sai Pran­eeth, however went down 14-21 14-21 to Mark Cal­jouw of the Nether­lands for his second defeat.

World number one archer Deepika Kumari survived some anxious moments before getting past US teen Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to sail into the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s individual section.

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