Tokyo 2020 Olympics: World No 1 archer Deepika Kumari knocked out by two-time gold medallist An San

Deepika Kumari the World No 1 who faced Korea's An San, the already twice a gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw her being knocked out by the latter in the quarter-finals at Yumenoshima Park on Friday.

Three sets were enough for An San to race through the match. The top seed San defeated Deepika in an absolutely dominating fashion 6-0 to march into the semi-finals of the individual event.

The 20-year-old San is aiming for her third gold medal at Tokyo after finishing top of the podium in the mixed team event and the women's recurve team event. 

Recurve archer Deepika Kumari's journey comes to an end at #Tokyo2020 with 0-6 defeat against South Korea’s An San in the quarterfinal.

We wish her luck for the future competitions.#Archery #Olympics

— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2021

Korean An San had a brilliant start to the first round as she aimed at three 10s while Deepika shot 7-10-10.  San carried that momentum and clinically shot 9-10-7 in the second set while the Indian responded with 10-7-7. The South Korean in the third set gathered 26 as opposed to 24 of Deepika. 

The match ended in less than six minutes and with that San will either face USA's Mackenzie Brown in the last four.

Earlier in the day, Deepika defeated Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Ksenia Perova to progress into the quarter-finals (6-5) in the 1/8 Eliminations round in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

(Inputs from ANI)