India’s women compound team of Trisha Deb, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Muskan Kirar surprised top seed Turkey to march into final of the Archery World Cup Stage four on Thursday. The trio showed great character and fight after a tied opening set to beat Turkey 231-228 to set up a final summit clash against France, on Saturday.
India got the better of Britain by one point in the opening round, while in the second round they defeated the high ranked USA 232-228.
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Indian women’s team had lost to Chinese Taipei to clinch silver medal in the Antalya leg of the World Cup in May this year.
Meanwhile, the mixed pair are in contention of the medal for both events of recurve and compound sections where they have advanced to the second round.
Elsewhere, compound archer Abhishek Verma sealed a berth in the World Cup Finals but made a third round exit, losing to 35th seed Akbarali Karabayev of Kazakhstan. Both were tied 138-all before he lost in the decisive shoot off.
On the other hand, it was not a good day for former world number one Deepika Kumari who was knocked out by Japanese Kawanaka Kaori 0-6 in round three. Indian women’s team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Promila Daimary led 2-0 against the top seeded Korean team before they fell behind in the shoot-off.
The Korean team of Chang Hye Jin, Kang Chae Young and Jung Dasomi won back-to-back sets to trail past the Indians who won the fourth set to make it 4-all. In the shoot-off, Koreans clinched it 28-27 shooting two perfect 10s.
In the compound women’s individual section, Trisha Deb was defeated by Marcella Tonioli of Italy via shoot off after they were locked 141-all.
India’s women compound team of Trisha Deb, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Muskan Kirar will face France for the gold medal match on Saturday.