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Indian Boxers shine at Olympics as tennis
duo knocked out
Wednesday August 01, 2012 10:28:47 AM,
IANS
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London: Boxers Laishram
Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar packed a lethal punch, while
shuttler Parupalli Kashyap humbled a higher-ranked opponent to
enter the pre-quarterfinals at the London Olympics here Tuesday.
The bad news came from the Indian tennis camp with Mahesh Bhupathi
and Rohan Bopanna exiting the doubles competition.
Despite some good results, India's medal quest suffered a serious
setback with the ouster of Bhupathi and Bopanna, while archers
continued to disappoint, rowers faded without a ripple and the
sole judoka and the only remaining weightlifter bid adieu to
London.
Indians, who partied Monday when ace shooter Gagan Narang scooped
up a bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event, saw the day begin on
the right note as Kashyap progressed to the last eight in men's
singles.
The 25-year-old displayed sublime skills to defeat tenth seed Tien
Minh Nguyen of Vietnam 21-9, 21-14 in 39 minutes at the Wembley
Arena, topping Group D in style.
Throughout the match, the World No.21 was impressive at the net
and steady from the back, hitting a mix of shots which befuddled
his Vietnamese opponent.
The Indian will next face Group C topper Sri Lankan Niluka
Karunaratne, whom Kashyap had beaten in Stockholm earlier this
year in their only encounter.
In boxing, Devendro Singh made his way emphatically into the last
16 of the 49 kg class with the referee stopping the contest (RSC)
in the first round.
The RSC decision came just two minutes 24 seconds into the bout
against Honduran Bayron Molina Figueroa, who was feeling dizzy
after suffering some heavy blows from the Indian. Devendro next
faces Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia.
His team-mate Manoj was impressive too in the 64 kg class, easing
past Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkmenistan 13-7 in a night bout at
the Excel Arena. The 25-year-old takes on local favourite and
third seed Thomas Walker Saturday.
It was a heart-break for India at Wimbledon. Bhupathi and Bopanna,
who had revolted against the All India Tennis Association (AITA)
to play together, failed to script any such success story on the
famed grass court as they went down in straight sets 3-6, 4-6 to
Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau in the second
round.
The other doubles contest between India's Leander Paes-Vishnu
Vardhan and the Netherland's Robin Haase-Jean-Julien Rojer was
postponed to Wednesday.
In the badminton contest, Kashyap's feat failed to inspire the
mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju who lost their third
consecutive group match to crash out of the tournament.
The Indian duo were comprehensively beaten 15-21, 15-21 by the
world number 9 pair of Ha Jung Eun and Lee Yong Dae of South Korea
to end fourth and last in Group D.
It was also a bittersweet result for women's doubles pair of Jwala
and Ashwini Ponappa as they brought their top game to win their
last group B match against Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao of
Singapore, but it wasn't enough for them to progress to the
quarterfinals.
The Indian duo, who lost their opening match, beat the Singaporean
girls 21-16, 21-15 in just 31 minutes and finished third in the
group.
Indian rower Sawarn Singh and the pair of Manjeet Singh and
Sandeep Kumar are also out of medal contention and now will be
looking to make a respectable finish in the semi-finals.
Sawarn qualified for the semi-final 'C' of the men's singles
scull, where the rowers will be vying for a place between 13th to
18th.
Manjeet and Sandeep Kumar booked their place via a second
repechage in semi-final 'D' of the lightweight doubles scull and
will be looking for a finish between 19th-24th. They finished
sixth in the repechage with a timing of 6:54.20.
The archery arena yet again proved unlucky for India. Its
challenge in men's individual came to an unceremonious end with
all three participants crashing out in eliminators, while
Chekrovolu Swuro suffered a similar fate in the women's individual
clash to join her team mate Bombayla Devi, who bowed out of
contention a day back.
Teenage sensation Deepika Kumari, now World No.1, is the only
Indian archer left in the competition.
Among the men's archers, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai won
their first knock out battles, but both failed to get their arrows
in the right places as they went down in their respective second
eliminators.
The other male representative Jayanta Talukdar and Swuro made
their exits in the opening round.
India's participation in the Olympic weightlifting event ended
when Katulu Ravi Kumar finished sixth in Group B of the 69kg
category. He lifted 303 kg with 136 kg in snatch and 167 kg
through clean and jerk.
The country's only judoka Garima Chaudhary lost to Japanese Yoshie
Uenoi by a 1.21-minute Ippon in the opening round of the women's
63 kg class.
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