Hangzhou: After Abhishek Verma sailed into the final of the compound individual event on Tuesday here beating Korean archer Jaehoon Joo with a scoreline of 147-145, his compatriot Ojas Deotale beat former World Champion Yang Jaewon from Korea scoring 150-146.
Thus, it will be all-India final in the men's compound individual event. The development followed Indian team progressing to pick a volley of medals from archery after two women shooters joined the race to secure medals with one of them assured of a silver or gold in the final which is to be played on Saturday. The other woman will be competing for bronze.
Abhishek was up against Kazakhstan's Andrey Tyutyun which culminated in a scintillating affair in the quarter-final. The scores were tied at 117-all after End 4 and both the archers had an equal chance to enter the final. Further, both of them hit the bull's eye in the fifth and final end to end the match at 147-all. However, Abhishek emerged victorious in the shoot-off and entered the semis.
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Jaehoon Joo was his opponent in the next match and he ensured a lead right from the start. Earlier, he was leading by four points in the match but the Korean opponent started closing in as the match progressed. Under such a pressure situation, Abhishek kept his concentration intact and emerged as a winner with a lead of two points.
Ojas Deotale beat Kazakh archer Akbarali Karabayev by 150-142 to make it into the semi-final. Also, he created a new Asian Games record with his performance. Next, he was up against Yang Jaewon from Korea and a stellar performance from him saw him registering a score of 150. On the other hand, his opponent missed the bull's eye four times and that handed his Korean rival a victory.
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