<p>Paris: Indian archer Bhajan Kaur notched twin victories to advance to the women's individual pre-quarterfinals but compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara exited the men's event after losing in the shoot-off at the Paris Olymics here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Continuing her fine form, the 18-year-old Kaur, who had shot exceptionally well in the team event albeit in a losing cause, defeated Indonesia's Syifa Nurafifah Kamal and Wioleta Myszor of Poland in her opening two rounds.</p>.<p>Fourth seed Dhiraj, on the other hand, ended up on the losing side after coming agonisingly close the pre-quarters as he lost his round of 32 match in shoot-off to Canadian Eric Peters.</p>.<p>Ankita Bhakat also made an early exit after stumbling in the opening round. She went down 4-6 (26-27 29-26 28-27 27-29 27-28) to Myszor.</p>.Olympics 2024 | Manu's confidence high after teaming with Jaspal, will do well in sports pistol also: Father.<p>Kaur took her opening round against the Indonesian 7-3 (27-27 27-29 29-27 27-25 28-25).</p>.<p>While the first set was a tie with both archers sharing a point each, Kaur shot three 9s as compared to Kamal's one 9 and two 10s to lose the second set.</p>.<p>However, the youngster held her nerve and went on to win the next three sets on the back of her consistent shooting.</p>.<p>Having found her rhythm, she avenged Bhakat's defeat, inflicting a 6-0 (28-23 29-26 28-22) defeat on Myszor in the next round.</p>.<p>She will take on Diananda Choirunisa in the round of 16 match on Saturday.</p>.<p>Later in the day, Dhiraj began his campaign with a dominant 7-1 (29-29 29-26 29-28 28-26)win over Adam Li of Czech Republic.</p>.<p>In the round of 32 match, both Dhiraj and Peters fought toe-to-toe finishing on 5 points after the five sets forcing a shoot off.</p>.<p>In the shoot-off both hit in the inner 10-ring but Peters edged out Dhiraj by shooting closer to the centre to take the match 7-6 (27-28 29-28 27-29 30-30 30-29). </p>
<p>Paris: Indian archer Bhajan Kaur notched twin victories to advance to the women's individual pre-quarterfinals but compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara exited the men's event after losing in the shoot-off at the Paris Olymics here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Continuing her fine form, the 18-year-old Kaur, who had shot exceptionally well in the team event albeit in a losing cause, defeated Indonesia's Syifa Nurafifah Kamal and Wioleta Myszor of Poland in her opening two rounds.</p>.<p>Fourth seed Dhiraj, on the other hand, ended up on the losing side after coming agonisingly close the pre-quarters as he lost his round of 32 match in shoot-off to Canadian Eric Peters.</p>.<p>Ankita Bhakat also made an early exit after stumbling in the opening round. She went down 4-6 (26-27 29-26 28-27 27-29 27-28) to Myszor.</p>.Olympics 2024 | Manu's confidence high after teaming with Jaspal, will do well in sports pistol also: Father.<p>Kaur took her opening round against the Indonesian 7-3 (27-27 27-29 29-27 27-25 28-25).</p>.<p>While the first set was a tie with both archers sharing a point each, Kaur shot three 9s as compared to Kamal's one 9 and two 10s to lose the second set.</p>.<p>However, the youngster held her nerve and went on to win the next three sets on the back of her consistent shooting.</p>.<p>Having found her rhythm, she avenged Bhakat's defeat, inflicting a 6-0 (28-23 29-26 28-22) defeat on Myszor in the next round.</p>.<p>She will take on Diananda Choirunisa in the round of 16 match on Saturday.</p>.<p>Later in the day, Dhiraj began his campaign with a dominant 7-1 (29-29 29-26 29-28 28-26)win over Adam Li of Czech Republic.</p>.<p>In the round of 32 match, both Dhiraj and Peters fought toe-to-toe finishing on 5 points after the five sets forcing a shoot off.</p>.<p>In the shoot-off both hit in the inner 10-ring but Peters edged out Dhiraj by shooting closer to the centre to take the match 7-6 (27-28 29-28 27-29 30-30 30-29). </p>