Sania-Bopanna pair & Indian men’s hockey team in quarters

TIL Desk ‎Sports/ The mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna and men’s hockey team sealed the quarterfinal spots at Rio Olympics, even as India’s campaign continued to be haunted by setbacks in archery, boxing and women’s hockey on the sixth day of competitions here.

Indian shuttlers had a mixed day in office as women singles players — Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu — made a resounding start to their campaign but the women’s doubles duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, and men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening matches.

For the Indian archers — Deepika Kumari and L Bombayla Devi — and boxer Shiva Thapa, it was the end of the road. Indian women’s hockey team also put up a lacklustre performance, slumping to a 0-3 defeat against USA in its penultimate Group B match to lose its third successive game. The Indian duo of Sania and Bopanna entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event of tennis competition with a straight-set win over Australian pair of Samantha Stosur and John Peers.