Atanu Das defeated Nepal’s Jitbahadur Muktan 6-0 in the round-of-64 of the men’s individual event at the Rio Olympics 2016. Atanu will now face the winner of the match between Mexican international Ernesto Boardman and Cuban international Adrian Andres Puentes Perez in the round-of-32.
Atanu looked in fine fettle as he started with a perfect 10, followed by a 9 and then another 10 in his third shot to take his total to 29. On the other hand, Muktan fired 9, 7 and 10, which meant that the Indian won the set and got the 2 set-points.
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Muktan started the second set with a 9 and Atanu followed it up with a 10. The Nepali, in his second shot, got a 7 and the Indian extended his lead with a 9. Muktan was only able to score an 8 on his last shot in the set and Atanu scored another 10 to win it and take a 4-0 lead.
In the third set, Muktan started with an 8, which was followed by a 10 from Atanu. The Nepali got his first 10 of the match in his next shot but Atanu did not hold back and got another 10. Muktan could only manage an 8 in his next shot and the Indian archer finished with another 10 to take the set and the match with it.
The Indian will be playing his round-of-32 match at 8.58 IST.
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