Indian shuttler Sai Praneeth lost to Netherlands’ Mark Caljouw 14-21, 14-21 in men’s singles Group D match. The World No 15 finished his Tokyo Olympics campaign without a win to his name. 

Caljow, with this win, topped the group to qualify for the knockout stage. Only the group toppers advance to the knockout stage.

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Earlier, reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles badminton event. Sindhu, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over world No. 34 Hong Kong’s NY Cheung 21-9 21-16 in a 35-minute match to top Group J.

On Tuesday, Indian shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy suffered a heartbreak after they failed to qualify for the men’s doubles quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics despite winning two matches in their group.

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The Indian duo had emerged victorious against the England pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in their final Group A match but still missed out on qualifying for the quarterfinals after the three pairs ended with same points and games won were considered to identify the qualifiers.

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Day 6 of the Tokyo Olympics saw seasoned archer Deepika Kumari march into the last-16 of their, debutant boxer Pooja Rani (75kg) won her easy opening bout without a fuss to enter the last-eight stage and the women’s hockey team stared at early elimination after failing to upstage defending champions Great Britain.

 Rani Rampal’s women’s hockey team taking a 1-4 hammering from Britain, thoroughly punished for not grabbing its chances in the crucial match, which has now severely dented the side’s quarterfinal prospects.