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<p>Day started with Atanu Das playing against Seungyun Lee . Korean took the first set with 3 10s. Atanu then scored 3 10s to win 2nd set. In third set, Atanu had a chance to win the set. He needed a 9 to win th eset but scored a 8. Set was tied. Korean won the fourth and final set was tied. Korean won 6-4. If Atanu had made that 9 in 3rd set, he could have won it. Again another Indian came close to winning but ended up losing. Chain Singh and Gagan disappointed as they did not even qualify for finals of 50m rifle prone event. Gagan had his moments and was in top 8 for brief time but had poor shots towards the end. India's Manpreet Kaur did not qualify for finals in shot put. Jwala Dutta-Ponnappa had to win the second league match to stay in the tournament. First set went close till 8-8 before dutch pair raced ahead to take 7 pt lead. They eventually won it 21-16. Indians bounved back to win second by similar margin. Third set was close till 8-8 again. Dutch again took lead as they reaced ahead 16-10. Indians bounced back to reduce the margin. But that initial margin came back to haunt them as they ended up losing 21 -17. It was a close match. Indians had their moments but did not capitalize. Story of Rio Olympics for India. Nobody is giving a hammerblow when under pressure. </p>

<p>It definetly does not look like Indian will win as many medal as in London 2012 Olympics. Sania-Bopanna, Saina,hockey and wrestling only seem to be genuine chance of winning some medal. India had won 6 medals in 2012 Olympics, 2 silver and 4 bronze. It looks very unlikely. AT the max , India might win 3 medals.</p>

<p>India drew with Canada 2-2 in a inconsequential match. Had India won they would have been third placed.Now they need to wait for ARgentina's match . India might face SPain or Belgium in QF.India lead twice in the match only for Canada to come back via penalty corner.Nail biting match.India were not at its best in this match.</p>

<p>Sania-Bopanna had a task in their hands as they faced dangerious Murray-Watson. Murray had won mixed doubles silver in London. But Sania-Bopanna won it 6-4 6-4. Indians's server was never broken. Sania was in sublime form as she put pressure not only on Watson but also on Murray's serve. Sania's serve is yet to be broken in 2 matches in mixed doubles Olympics. She is sizlling form now.Murray looked tired after winning singles match. Not that Indians were complaining about it. India have therefore moved to SF and will have 2 shot at medal. If they win SF, they are assured of a gold or silver, else they need to play bronze playoff. Bhupathi-Paes also reached SF in Athen but lost both. Hope there is no repeat of history. They might meet US team of Venus-Ram in SF. </p>

<p>Vikas Krishnan had a close encounter with Turkey's Sipal but won all the 3 rounds as he reacheed Mens middleweight (75 kg) boxing WF. He will  face Uzbekistan's Melikuziev in QF. Vikas is assured of a medal with win in QF. Very impressive win for Vikas.Melikuziev  is a amateur boxer and this Vikas's best chance to emulate Vijendra 's feat of go even further. </p>

<p>Michael Phelps won gold in 200m medley as well. It is his 22nd gold. He became first swimmer to win a event in 4 consecutive games. Only Carl Lewis has done in other sport(long jump). Nadal won his 3rd round match against Simom and came back to win doubles as well. He has reached doubles finals. He withdrew from mixed doubles. Murray won his singles match against Fognini and also won mixed doubles match.</p>

<p>In Mens tennis, Nadal beat local favorite Bellucci in tough 3 setter to reach SF. He won 2-6 6-4 6-2. Murray joined him in SF. Murray won it in 3rd set tie breaker against Steve Johnson. Johnson was up 4-3 in final set including a break. Murray would face Nishikori in SF. Nadal would have a shot against Del Potro who stunned Djokovic in first round.</p>

<p>Pakistan started 2nd day well as Yasir Shah and Azhar had agood 2nd wicket stand. Nightwatchman Yasir defended well. Englnad didnt help themselves by dropping few chances.They had a 49 run stand. Azad then joined Azhar and rebuild Pakistan innings. They had a 75 run stand when Azhar was dismissed of unusual circumstances. England went to 3rd umpire for LBW but was given out caught behind as he had gloved it. Azhar played well for his 49.Younis and Asad then had a 150 run stand which gave Pakistan the edge.Asad scored his 9th test ton and might be his most crucial one. England bounced back after that. From 277-3, Pakistan were erduced to 320-6. Younis scored his 32nd ton and had Sarfaraz for company as Pakistan ended the day at 340-6. They need to take a lead of 100+ and put pressure on England.</p>