The Indian contingent has just two events on the eleventh day of the Rio Olympics. Hardeep Singh will be carrying on India’s wrestling campaign in the men’s Greco-Roman (98 kg) event on Tuesday and PV Sindhu will be taking part in the quarterfinal of the women’s singles event.
PV Sindhu
Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s singles competition after notching a dominating straight-game win over Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying on Monday.
The 21-year-old from Hyderabad outclassed the eighth seed Tai 21-13, 21-15 in a 40-minute round of 16 clash. She will take on the world number two and the London Olympics silver-medallist Wang Yihan in her next match on Tuesday.
Hardeep Singh
Hardeep Singh, who will be making his Olympic debut, booked his berth for the Rio Games after winning the silver medal at the Asian Olympic Qualification Championship.
The wrestler has a Commonwealth Wrestling Championship gold medal to his name, which he won in Johannesburg, 2013.
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