Tokyo Olympics 2020: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain through to quarter-finals; India men's hockey team beat Spain

[caption id="attachment_9841941" align="alignnone" width="640"] The pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary missed out on the medal of the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, having finished at a lowly seventh place during the qualification stage 2. Twitter @OfficialNRAI[/caption][caption id="attachment_9842011" align="alignnone" width="640"] India men's hockey team recovered from their 1-7 hammering against Australia, as goals from Simranjeet Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh gave them a 3-0 victory over Spain. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9841981" align="alignnone" width="640"] The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the British pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 21-17, 21-19 in their Group A badminton game, but that wasn't enough for them to go into the next round, enduring a third place finish. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9842001" align="alignnone" width="640"] Although Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal fought hard in the initial few moments of his round three men's singles game against China's Ma Long, he endured a 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 4-11 loss, which knocked him out. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9841991" align="alignnone" width="640"] One of the day's biggest upsets came when Japan's Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the women's singles contest in the third round. She endured a 1-6, 4-6 defeat to Czech Republic's Markéta Vondroušová. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9841931" align="alignnone" width="640"] Kei Nishikori, meanwhile, overcame USA's Marcos Giron in three sets to reach the third round. The final score read 7-6, 3-6, 6-1. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9841961" align="alignnone" width="640"] In sailing, India's Varun Thakkar and India's Ganapathy Kelapanda finished 18th in the men's 49er Race 1. AFP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9841971" align="alignnone" width="640"] One of the positives for India on the fourth day was boxer Lovlina Borgohain advancing to the quarter-finals with a 3-2 victory over Germany's Nadine Apetz in the women's welterweight category. Lovlina will next face Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-chin n the last eight on Wednesday. AFP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9841951" align="alignnone" width="640"] India's Elanil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh, too crashed out of the Games after a disappointing outing in the Mixed 10m Rifle Teams competition. They finished in 12th place. Twitter @WeAreTeamIndia.[/caption][caption id="attachment_9842361" align="alignnone" width="640"] USA's Carissa Moore claimed the first-ever women's surfing gold medal. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9842371" align="alignnone" width="640"] Meanwhile, Brazil's Italo Ferreira won gold in the men's surfing category, beating Japan's Kanoa Igarashi in the final. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9842341" align="alignnone" width="640"] Russian Olympic Committee's Angelina Melnikova in action during the women's team gymnastics final. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_9842351" align="alignnone" width="640"] USA missed star Simone Biles who withdrew. ROC clinched the gold medal in the final, beating the US by almost 3.5 points. AP[/caption]