Tokyo Olympics 2021 day 3 Live Updates: highlights and todays matches

Bhavanis proud Tokyo 2020 journey ends...

Its all over for Olympics debutant Bhavani Devi as she loses 15-7 in Round of 32 match to World No. 3 Manon Brunet, who was in a ruthless form. Still a big achievement for Bhavani to mark Indias first steps in fencing at the Olympics level.

Fencing: Bhavani Devi in action

Bhavani Devi begins her Table of 32 match against Manon Brunet of France! The French fourth seed takes the first point.

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— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) July 26, 2021

Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal WINS

Playing his fourth Olympics, Indias Sharath Kamal advances to Round 3 after defeating Portugals Tiago Apolonia 4-2 (2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9). The 39-year old lets out a roar as he celebrated his first win in Tokyo. At 39, the veteran also became the first Indian player ever to make the third round in Olympics Games. Kamals next competition is Table Tennis all time greats, Chinas Ma Long.

Indias shining star is on her way

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— Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu) July 26, 2021

Table Tennis: First, Second, Third, and Fourth Set

Tiago Apolonia wins the first game against Sharath Kamal 11-2. Kamals receiving has been poor so far, with him failing to read Tiagos serve.

After losing the first game 11-2, Sharath Kamal wins the second 11-8. The match is level at 1-1. It has been a dominating set by Kamal, who took the first five points straight. Tiago saved two game points but he couldnt beat Kamal.

Turning things around in the match, Sharath Kamal wins the third game 11-5. After giving away the first game quite quickly to his opponent, the Indian veteran has found his rhythm.

Tiago Apolonia finds a solution to Kamals spin, ties it up with a superb forehand to take the fourth game 11-9. Apolonia fights back in the fourth game to make it 2-2 against Sharath Kamal.

Table Tennis: Sharath in action

Indias Sharath Kamal faces Portugals Tiago Apolonia in his Round 2 Olympics match. He begins his Olympics journey in the mens singles after getting a bye in the first round. He walks in with a new look, new haircut.

Archery: India win, progress to quarterfinals

Indian team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai beat Kazakhstan 6-2 to progress to the Round of 16 later today where they face Korea. While it was a clean performance from Atanu and Pravin, Tarundeep needs to work on his performance and give better results than 8s if India wants to proceed ahead.

Archery:
Indian team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav & Tarundeep Rai beat Kazakhstan 6-2 in 1st round of Mens Team event.
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— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) July 26, 2021

Archery: First, Second, and Third Set

Lacking in the first series, we win the first set with Atanu and Pravin hitting those bulls eye. Atanu and Pravin looking great whereas Tarundeep was looking a bit rusty, hope he gets better with time. Atanu hits a 9. Pravin follows with another 9, and Tarundeep Rai hits an 8. The Indians win the first 55-54. India leads the match 2-0.

India wins the second set 52-50 go go 4-0 up in the match. Atanu started off with a 10 and finished with a 9. Pravin Jadhav hit a 7 in this set.

Tarundeep just struggling a bit to find the centre, a 8 from him instead of 7 would have sealed the deal for India but as such Pravin-Atanus 10-10 didnt matter. Kazakhstan fight back, make it 4-2.

Next up: Archery

Our Archers Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai will be in action in a few minutes vs Kazakhstan in Men’s Team 1/8 Eliminations. Stay tuned for live updates.

Bhavani wins on Olympic debut

A brilliant start for India on Day 3. Bhavani Devi, the first Indian fencer to make it to Olympics won her debut match 15-3, advances to round-of-32 in the Women’s Sabre Individual event. Her next challenge is not going to be this easy. The nine-time national champion now faces Frances Manon Brunet, who is the fourth seed in this competition.

Tricolour on nails and mask, Bhavani Devi wins her first match 15-3 on Indias debut in #Olympics fencing. #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/vBxms1ic4b

— Dipankar Lahiri (@soiledshoes) July 26, 2021

Fencing: Bhavani dominates

Bhavani, ranked 29th, is on to a brilliant debut, dominating her opponent Nadia (ranked 36th) completely. She now makes it 12-1, an 11-point lead

Bhavani Devi begins Indias campaign on Day 3

The first Indian fencer to ever qualify for the Olympics, Bhavani Devi will make her debut early on Monday morning. Her round-of-64 sabre (individual) tie against Tunisias Nadia ben Aziz is on now.