Paralympic 2024 Para-Archery: Sarita, Rakesh advance, Shyam loses tiebreaker- Highlights
The last round is underway!
Sarita has three more arrows before confirming her round of 16 berth.
End of round four, India (Sarita) 110-98 Malaysia (Abdul Jalil)
Jalil once again opens with an 8 and follows that with another 8 before closing the round with a 10!
Sarita also opens with an 8 but as long as she matches her opponent, it is good enough. She gets a 9 in her second arrow and finishes the round with a 9!
With one round to go, Sarita is leading by twelve.
Round four begins!
Sarita knows she has the match in the bag so all she needs to do is see out the remaining six arrows without a lot of fuss.
End of round three, India (Sarita) 84-72 Malaysia (Abdul Jalil)
Jalil opens round three with a 9, starting to find her rhythm finally! But her second shot is once again wayward, resulting in a 7.
Jalil ends her round with another 9 but it looks like the contest is done.
Sarita also opens with a 9 and then extends the lead with another 10, before finishing with another perfect 10!
She now has a twelve-point lead over the Malaysian. Her round of 16 berth is all but confirmed.
Round three begins!
Sarita is looking comfortable at the moment but one round could change everything, so she must be focused.
End of round two, India (Sarita) 55-47 Malaysia (Abdul Jalil)
Jalil opens with an 8, and then follows that up with another 8!
Jalil finishes the round with a 10, her first of the match!
Sarita hit a 9 in her opening shot of round two, followed by a perfect 10, and finished with a 9!
The gap widens to eight points in favor of the Indian!
End of round one, India (Sarita) 27-21 Malaysia (Abdul Jalil)
Sarita opens with a brilliant 10, followed by a 9 and 8, 27 in total
Jalil started slowly, with an 8 in her first arrow and a 7 in her second, finishing with a 6!
Very poor start from the Malaysian, Sarita has a six-point lead after round one!
Huge cheers for Sarita!
The world no.4 received a warm reception when her name was called out by the announcer.
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