Atanu Das made a great start to Day 6 of India's Day Olympic campaign at the 2021 Summer Games. The archer first faced Chinese Taipei's Deng Yu-Cheng. He pulled off a thrilling 6-4 win to set up a 1/16 match against South Korea's OH Jin Hyek.The South Korean had won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics and is one of the better archers on the circuit right now. However, it wasn't a problem for Atanu, who thrived under pressure to take the game to a shoot-off, eventually winning the match.AND HE HAS DONE IT! 🤩💪Unbelievable! Atanu Das beats #KOR’s Oh Jin-Hyek, the 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist, in the one-arrow shoot-off! 🏹🇮🇳Huge, huge win as Atanu Das progresses to the next round! 👏#IND #TeamIndia #Olympics #Tokyo2020 #Archery pic.twitter.com/cUdXYVvK3I— Sportskeeda India (@Sportskeeda) July 29, 2021Das is the only male Indian archer to advance into the 1/8 eliminations at the Olympics 2021. The husband-and-wife duo will be facing tough opponents in their respective pre-quarterfinals. However, they look more determined than ever to help India win its first-ever Olympic medal in archery.Atanu starts Day 6 of India's Day Olympic campaign in styleThe Indian won his first match 6-4, but his next opponent was not an easy one. Das faced one of the best archers in Jin Hyek in his second match today and took the game to the shoot-off. The last set was absolutely thrilling as both archers went neck and neck, which resulted in the match going into the shoot-off.With hopes of making it to the pre-quarters, Das pulled his arrow in the shoot-off to score a fantastic 10. This helped him make his way into the pre-quarters of the Olympics. He will be up against Japan's Takaharu Furukawa next.How the match against Jin Hyek turned outBoth players were relentless in their bid to secure a pre-quarterfinals spot at the Tokyo Olympics. Jin Hyek won the first set. However, Atanu started to pick up his game right after as the archers shared the spoils for the next two games. Atanu showed his true grit in set four and won it by an overwhelming margin in an otherwise tight match. The fifth set failed to set decide a winner as the match went into a nail-biting shootout. Jin Hyek went first to score an impressive 9 but was outdone by Atanu's precision. The Indian scored a perfect 10 to bag an entry into the pre-quarterfinals.Twitter reaction to a thrilling Atanu Das performanceFans took to Twitter to express their love and appreciation for the fantastic performance put in by Atanu Das.FANTASTIC Win. Atanu Das 🇮🇳 beats 2-time Olympic Gold Winner Oh Jin-hyek 🇰🇷 In to the Quarter Finals!— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) July 29, 20211 x #Olympics 🥇1 x Asian Games 🥇2 x World C’ships 🥈That’s Oh Jinhyek.The #KOR had shot 681/720 in the ranking round, compared to 653 for Atanu Das.But it’s the #IND who makes the #Archery Round of 16 at #Tokyo2020 OH, what a result! #TeamIndia— Yash Jha (@jhayash) July 29, 2021Wow! So Koreans CAN be beaten in #Archery ! Well done Atanu Das - what a win in the shootoff!!! #IND #Olympics #Tokyo2020— Hemant (@hemantbuch) July 29, 2021It’s good to see that no one posting Atanu Das as medal favourite now!! WE HAVE EVOLVED!!— Akin (@Akin44Dan) July 29, 2021We were all biting our nails. Atanu Das, meanwhile… #Tokyo2020 #archery pic.twitter.com/g1cnrylyJ8— Jaideep Vaidya (@jaideepjourno) July 29, 2021Men's Hockey Team winning!PV Sindhu Winning!Atanu Das Winning!And now, Manu Bhaker shooting a brilliant 292! It's been a good day so far! #Olympics #IndiaOlympics https://t.co/8oIvGRv5av— Samarth (@samarthmahajan3) July 29, 2021Giant moment for Indian archery. Atanu Das nails a 10 in the shootoff to beat 2 time Olympic gold medalist Oh Jin-hyek of Korea. Das was down 4-2 but leveled 4-4 and then forced the shootoff at 5-5.— jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) July 29, 2021Two stunning results ....Atanu Das knocks out the 2012 Olympic Champion in Archery. Manu Bhaker, trolled mercilessly a few days ago, shoots a brilliant 292 to be 5th at the halfway stage of the Women’s 25m Pistol— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) July 29, 2021What a morning for #TeamIndia @ArcherAtanu beating 2-time Olympic gold medalist!@TheHockeyIndia beating defending champs Argentina!@Pvsindhu1 breezing through to the quarters! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #Cheer4India #GoForGold #Olympics #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/hfaCujHv4V— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 29, 2021Archery: Atanu Das won the Super over. And proceed to Quarter Final.He won against the Gold Medalist.— Farrago Abdullah (@abdullah_0mar) July 29, 2021Also Read: India at Olympics 2021 archery: Historic win for India as Atanu Das beats 2012 Olympic gold medallist Jin-Hyek to clinch pre-quarterfinals berth