Deepika Kumari in semi-finals of the Paris Archery World Cup

Deepika Kumari was the lone Indian recurve archer left standing in individual events after Day 2 of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.

Deepika Kumari defeated Charline Schwarz of Germany in the pre-quarters and London 2012 Olympics silver medallist Aida Roman of Mexico 6-0 in the quarter-final to book her spot in the semi-finals.

The Tokyo-bound Indian archer, currently ranked No. 3 in the world, will face Ana Vazquez of Mexico in the semi-final on Sunday.

Ankita Bhakat, Komalika Bari and Madhu Vedwan - the other Indians in the women’s individual recurve event - were knocked out of the competition earlier in the day.

While Ankita Bhakat bowed out in the round of 16, Komalika Bari, who had ousted Madhu Vedwan in the second elimination round, lost out in the round of 32.

In the men’s individual recurve category, Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav - all three Olympic-bound archers - crashed out.

Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav exited in the round of 16 while Tarundeep Rai was knocked out in the preceding round.

Dhiraj Bommadevara had bowed out on the opening day.

India, however, is still in the fray in all three recurve team events - men’s, women’s and mixed.

Compound archers surge ahead

In the women’s compound qualifying round, world bronze medallist Jyothi Vennam was the top-ranked Indian at No. 15 with 695 points.

Saanchi Dhalla (690 points), Akshita (681 points) and Pragati (668 points) finished in 22nd, 32nd and 43rd spots, respectively.

The troika of Jyothi Vennam, Saanchi Dhalla and Akshita, with a total of 2066 points between themselves, also moved on to the next round of the women’s compound team event as the sixth-seeded team. They will next face France in the round of 16.

Meanwhile, in men’s compound qualifying, Asian Games gold medallist Abhishek Verma was the best-ranked Indian at 11th place with 706 points. Aman Saini (704 points) placed 21st and Rajat Chauhan (697 points) finished 42nd in the field of 56**.**

The trio, with a total of 2107 points, also made it to the next round of the men’s compound team event as the sixth-seeds. Team USA (2131), Denmark (2121) and France (2118) were the top three nations.

The men’s team will go up against Sweden next in the round of 16.

In the compound mixed team event, Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha, who advanced as the ninth seeds, will be up against Russia in the quarter-finals.