Nagoya, Sep 23 India’s Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma suffered a defeat against Kazakhstan’s Artyom Sarkissyan in the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s individual sabre event at the Asian Games here on Wednesday.
Kumaresan lost 11-15 to Sarkissyan at the Aichi Sky Expo Hall.
In the round of 32, Padma had defeated Laos’ Quentin Saysana Geoffroy 15-8, while fellow Indian Karan Singh lost 14-15 to China’s Luo Shaotong.
Kumaresan had recorded three wins and two losses in the pool stage.
In the women’s individual foil event, Mina Devi Naorem and Ashitha Stalinraj Joys bowed out after suffering defeats in the round of 32.
Mina Devi went down 3-15 to South Korea’s Park Jihee, while Ashitha put up a close fight before losing 14-15 to Kazakhstan’s Alyona Gnoyeva.
Both players had reached the round of 32 despite managing just one win from five bouts in their respective pool-stage matches.
(PTI News)
