Tokyo Olympics: Sindhu, Deepika, Pooja advance

It was the sort of day when almost everything unfolded as it was expected to for India in the Olympics. So, PV Sindhu and Deepika Kumari marched into the last-16 of their respective events, boxer Pooja Rani won her easy opening bout without a fuss to enter the last-eight stage and the women's hockey team stared at early elimination after failing to upstage defending champions Great Britain.

Tokyo Olympics: Sindhu, Deepika, Pooja advance
It was the sort of day when almost everything unfolded as it was expected to for India in the Olympics. So, PV Sindhu and Deepika Kumari marched into the last-16 of their respective events, boxer Pooja Rani won her easy opening bout without a fuss to enter the last-eight stage and the women's hockey team stared at early elimination after failing to upstage defending champions Great Britain.