On Tuesday, Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain has defeated Nadine Apetz of Germany 3-2 by a split decision in the round of 16 of women’s welterweight (69 kg) clash. As reported by Times of India, the 23-year-old showed great poise in a tense contest to triumph by the thinnest of margins. She claimed all the three rounds on split points.
Hockey
India beat Spain 3-0 in hockey and won a spectacular victory. With this, India has kept its hopes of entering the knockout rounds and medals intact. New Zealand was defeated by India with3-2 in the first match of hockey.
Rupinder Pal Singh was the man of the match in today's match. He scored two goals and Simranjit scored one goal. Spain could not score a single goal in today's match. Experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh performed brilliantly against Spain and foiled several attacks from the opposition. Spain got three consecutive penalty corners in the 53rd minute but dragflicker Pau Quemada failed to penetrate the Indian defense led by Sreejesh. Spain got another penalty corner in the last minute but this time too Sreejesh foiled Kyumada's attempt.
Table Tennis
Today was the third round of the match in table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics, in which the Indian team lost 1-4. With this defeat, now the Indian challenge in table tennis has also ended. India's most experienced and star table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal lost the match 1-4 to current Olympic and world champion Ma Long of China today. The 39-year-old Sharath gave a tough fight to his formidable opponent in the first three games in the third round match, but he was eventually defeated 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 4-11 in a 46-minute match, faced defeat.