<p>India's compound men's archery team today advanced to the final of the season's first World Cup here.<br /><br />The team comprising Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Singh made the final after getting the better of USA's Reo Wilde, Steve Anderson and Braden Gellenthien 232-230 in a closely-fought semifinal.<br /><br />Verma then coupled with Jyothi Surekha Vennam to enter the bronze medal play-off in mixed pair event. However, Indian recurve archers, including Olympians Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, cut a sorry figure as they bowed out of their respective events early.<br /><br />Trailing by one point (116-117) after the second set, Indian compound men's team bounced back to clinch the third 60-57 with all perfect 10s including one X (closest to centre). They then held on to their nerves in the decider to clinch the issue.<br /><br />The fourth seeded India will take on 10th seeds Colombia in tomorrow's summit clash.<br /><br />In the mixed pair bronze medal match, Verma and Jyothi with take on the USA. The duo lost to second seeded Korea 152 -158 in the semis.<br /><br />In the first major competition after last year's Rio Olympics, Atanu and Deepika came up with poor performances in the recurve section.<br /><br />Atanu made a quarterfinal exit after going down to Dutch debutant Steve Wijler, who later made a dream final by beating three-time Olympic medallist Im Dong Hyun in the semifinals.<br /><br />Deepika also made an exit in the last-eight round after losing to Hayakawa Ren of Japan 1-7.<br /><br />Recurve mixed combination of Atanu and Deepika made a quarterfinal exit after a 3-5 defeat to Russia.<br /><br />Men's recurve team lost to Japan 0-3 in the quarterfinals while women's recurve team, seeded sixth, made a first round exit after being beaten 2-6 by USA. USA later advanced to the final.</p>
<p>India's compound men's archery team today advanced to the final of the season's first World Cup here.<br /><br />The team comprising Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Singh made the final after getting the better of USA's Reo Wilde, Steve Anderson and Braden Gellenthien 232-230 in a closely-fought semifinal.<br /><br />Verma then coupled with Jyothi Surekha Vennam to enter the bronze medal play-off in mixed pair event. However, Indian recurve archers, including Olympians Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, cut a sorry figure as they bowed out of their respective events early.<br /><br />Trailing by one point (116-117) after the second set, Indian compound men's team bounced back to clinch the third 60-57 with all perfect 10s including one X (closest to centre). They then held on to their nerves in the decider to clinch the issue.<br /><br />The fourth seeded India will take on 10th seeds Colombia in tomorrow's summit clash.<br /><br />In the mixed pair bronze medal match, Verma and Jyothi with take on the USA. The duo lost to second seeded Korea 152 -158 in the semis.<br /><br />In the first major competition after last year's Rio Olympics, Atanu and Deepika came up with poor performances in the recurve section.<br /><br />Atanu made a quarterfinal exit after going down to Dutch debutant Steve Wijler, who later made a dream final by beating three-time Olympic medallist Im Dong Hyun in the semifinals.<br /><br />Deepika also made an exit in the last-eight round after losing to Hayakawa Ren of Japan 1-7.<br /><br />Recurve mixed combination of Atanu and Deepika made a quarterfinal exit after a 3-5 defeat to Russia.<br /><br />Men's recurve team lost to Japan 0-3 in the quarterfinals while women's recurve team, seeded sixth, made a first round exit after being beaten 2-6 by USA. USA later advanced to the final.</p>