Juyel, Deepika take recurve golds; Karnataka to clash with TN for men’s tennis team title

Deepika Kumari of Jharkhand won the women’s individual recurve gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Thursday.
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Juyel Sarker of West Bengal claimed the men’s individual recurve gold.
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RITU RAJ KONWAR

West Bengal’s Juyel Sarkar surprised Olympian Tarundeep Rai and won the men’s individual recurve archery gold in the National Games at the Rajiv Gandhi cricket stadium here on Thursday.

Juyel defeated Services’ Indra Chand Swami 6-4 in the title-decider while Olympian Taruneep Rai took the bronze.

Meanwhile, Olympian Deepika Kumari lived up to expectations, taking the women’s gold with a 6-4 victory over Bihar’s talented youngster Anshika Kumari 6-4.

“This is my second National Games gold but I’m not very happy, I could not get the scores I wanted,” said the 30-year-old Deepika.

She was impressed with the juniors who are coming up, including the 18-year-old Anshika.

“The juniors are motivating me to perform better and the competition is getting tougher day by day,” she said.

In tennis, No. 1 seed Karnataka and second-seeded Tamil Nadu will clash in the final of the men’s team event while the top-seeded Maharashtra will play Gujarat in the women’s final.

The results: Recurve archery: Individual: Men: Gold: Juyel Sarkar (WB) bt Indra Chand Swami (Ser) 6-4. Bronze: Tarundeep Rai (Sik).

Women: Gold: Deepika Kumari (Jha) bt Anshika Kumari (Bih) 6-4. Third place: Komalika Bari (Jha).

Team: Mixed: Gold: Maharashtra bt Haryana 4 (19)-4 (18). Bronze: Jharkhand.

Men: Gold: Jharkhand bt Uttar Pradesh 4 (29)-4 (27). Bronze: Services.

Women: Gold: Maharashtra bt Jharkhand 6-0. Bronze: Haryana.

Tennis: Team (semifinals): Men: Karnataka bt Services 2-1; Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra 2-1. Women: Maharashtra bt Tamil Nadu 2-0; Gujarat bt Haryana 2-0.