<p> India's campaign in the Olympics failed to sputter to life on day one as the mixed doubles duo of V Diju and Jwala Gutta lost their opening group game in badminton and the men's archery team was eliminated at the pre-quarterfinal stage here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The country's bid to reap rewards on the badminton court suffered a setback when Diju and Jwala, a settled pair hunting for a medal, were beaten in straight games by Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in their opening Group C match here.<br /><br />Jwala and Diju lost 16-21 12-21 in just 25 minutes at the Wembley Arena.<br />The Indians will take on the Danish combination of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in their next match tomorrow.<br /><br />The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.<br />The archery venue - the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground - failed to provide cheer for the second day running when the men's team of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai were knocked out after losing to Japan in a tense pre-quarterfinal shoot-off.<br /><br />The Indian trio, who had qualified bottom of the heap at 12th in the rankings round yesterday, were tied with their Japanese rivals at 214 after the regulation four rounds.<br />But the threesome of Yu Ishizu, Hideki Kikuchi and Takaharu Furukawa edged past the Indians 29-27 in the shoot-off in which the archers shoot alternatively.<br /><br />The Indians were leading by two points in regulation play before the Japanese equalised to force a tie-breaker.<br /><br />The trio will now be seen in action in the individual elimination rounds that will commence on Monday.<br /><br />All eyes will next be on the women's team, led by world no. 1 Deepika Kumari, which will compete in the Eliminator tomorrow against Denmark. The women's team was ranked ninth after preliminary round yesterday.</p>
<p> India's campaign in the Olympics failed to sputter to life on day one as the mixed doubles duo of V Diju and Jwala Gutta lost their opening group game in badminton and the men's archery team was eliminated at the pre-quarterfinal stage here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The country's bid to reap rewards on the badminton court suffered a setback when Diju and Jwala, a settled pair hunting for a medal, were beaten in straight games by Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in their opening Group C match here.<br /><br />Jwala and Diju lost 16-21 12-21 in just 25 minutes at the Wembley Arena.<br />The Indians will take on the Danish combination of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in their next match tomorrow.<br /><br />The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.<br />The archery venue - the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground - failed to provide cheer for the second day running when the men's team of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai were knocked out after losing to Japan in a tense pre-quarterfinal shoot-off.<br /><br />The Indian trio, who had qualified bottom of the heap at 12th in the rankings round yesterday, were tied with their Japanese rivals at 214 after the regulation four rounds.<br />But the threesome of Yu Ishizu, Hideki Kikuchi and Takaharu Furukawa edged past the Indians 29-27 in the shoot-off in which the archers shoot alternatively.<br /><br />The Indians were leading by two points in regulation play before the Japanese equalised to force a tie-breaker.<br /><br />The trio will now be seen in action in the individual elimination rounds that will commence on Monday.<br /><br />All eyes will next be on the women's team, led by world no. 1 Deepika Kumari, which will compete in the Eliminator tomorrow against Denmark. The women's team was ranked ninth after preliminary round yesterday.</p>